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+This is the legacy (1.x) version of MySQLdb. While it is still being
+maintained, there will not be a lot of new feature development. 
+
+TODO
+====
+
+* A bugfix 1.2.4 release
+* A 1.3.0 release that will support Python 2.7-3.3
+
+The 2.0 version is being renamed moist and lives at
+https://github.com/farcepest/moist
+
+Repository list
+===============
+
+MySQLdb-svn
+	This is the old Subversion repository located on SourceForge at
+	https://svn.code.sf.net/p/mysql-python/svn
+	(https://sourceforge.net/p/mysql-python/svn/)
+	It has all the early historical development of MySQLdb through 1.2.3,
+	and also is the working repository for ZMySQLDA. The trunk on this
+	repository was forked to create the MySQLdb2 repository.
+MySQLdb1
+	This is the new (active) git repository, located on:
+
+	* SourceForge: git://git.code.sf.net/p/mysql-python/code 
+	  (https://sourceforge.net/p/mysql-python/code)
+	* GitHub: git://github.com/farcepest/MySQLdb1.git
+	  (https://github.com/farcepest/MySQLdb1)
+
+	I intend to keep these two in sync.
+	Only updates to the 1.x series will happen here.
+MySQLdb2
+	This is the now obsolete Mercurial repository for MySQLdb-2.0
+	located on SourceForge at
+	http://hg.code.sf.net/p/mysql-python/mysqldb-2
+	(https://sourceforge.net/p/mysql-python/mysqldb-2/)
+	SourceForge currently shows this as an "Empty Repository", but
+	it is looking for a default branch that doesn't exist. The only
+	working branch is MySQLdb. This repository is migrating to the
+        moist repository.
+moist
+	This is a git repository located on github at
+	https://github.com/farcepest/moist  It's actually empty as of
+	this writing, but it will soon contain the contents of the
+	MySQLdb2 repository.
+