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+> This crate has been abandonned without notice for quite a while due to some personnal reasons. My apologies for that.
+I'll try to do my best to continue to maintain it, at least for security updates. If I can't the find time to do it, I'll have no other option than
+deprecating it, or find new contributors to handover the maintenance to. Feel free to raise your hand if you're interrested.
+In the meantime, please expect a low update rate, and again please accept my apologies.
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 # prettytable-rs
 
 A formatted and aligned table printer library for [Rust](https://www.rust-lang.org).