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 Python 3.3+'s [ipaddress](http://docs.python.org/dev/library/ipaddress) for Python 2.6, 2.7, 3.2.
 
+This repository tracks the latest version from cpython, e.g. ipaddress from cpython 3.8 as of writing.
+
 Note that just like in Python 3.3+ you must use character strings and not byte strings for textual IP address representations:
 
 ```python