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@@ -3,18 +3,31 @@ Scikit-Gstat
 
 Info: scikit-gstat needs Python >= 3.5!
 
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+Deprecation Warning
+-------------------
+
+This version (0.1.8) will no longer be maintained. On the dev branch, the 0.2
+version of scikit-gstat is developed and will as soon as it is stable be
+merged into the master branch. This merge will be indicated by a version
+number equal to or higher than 0.2 on the master branch.
+
+The new version will not be compatible with this version of scikit-gstat.
+Although most of the rewritten code affects internal data structures, some
+inputs and outputs will be different. This is necessary in order to improve
+the performance of scikit-gstat and keep it cleaner (in my opinion.)
+
+
+Description
+-----------
+
 At current state, this module offers a scipy-styled `Variogram` class for performing geostatistical analysis.
 This class can be used to derive variograms. Key benefits are a number of semivariance estimators and theoretical
 variogram functions. The module is planned to be hold in the manner of scikit modules and be based upon `numpy` and