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-            Over the past couple of years this plugin has seen many releases. Thanks to everyone involved! 
-            Unfortunately, I don't have much time to contribute anymore. In practice this means far less activity, 
-            responsiveness on issues and new releases from my end.
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-            I am 
-            <a href="https://discuss.gradle.org/t/looking-for-new-owners-for-gradle-plugins/9735">actively looking for contributors</a> 
-            willing to take on maintenance and implementation of the project. If you are interested and would love to see this 
-            plugin continue to thrive, shoot me a <a href="mailto:benjamin.muschko@gmail.com">mail</a>.
+            ‼️ This project reached end of life (EOL) status due to its incompatibility with Gradle 9.0 and the wide adoption of modern Java frameworks like Spring Boot, Micronaut, and Quarkus that can be executed without and directly by Tomcat. No more feature requests and bug fixes will be considered. Please fork the repository and publish your own releases if you want to continue maintaining the plugin.
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