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 gocept.template_rewrite
 =======================
 
+.. caution::
+  This is package is archived as gocept does not maintain it anymore. If you
+  are interested in working with it, please contact mail@gocept.com or the
+  contributors to get the respective permissions.
+
 
 .. image:: https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/gocept.template_rewrite.svg
     :target: https://pypi.org/project/gocept.template_rewrite/