Merge pull request #37 from dave-shawley/deprecate

Announce deprecation.

README.rst

@@ -8,6 +8,14 @@ Adjust counter and timer metrics in `StatsD`_ using the same API.
 The mix-in is configured through the ``tornado.web.Application`` settings
 property using a key defined by the specific mix-in.
 
+Deprecation Notice
+------------------
+This library is deprecated.  It will not receive features or bug fixes.
+Please switch to either `sprockets-influxdb`_ or `sprockets-statsd`_.
+
+.. _sprockets-influxdb: https://github.com/sprockets/sprockets-influxdb
+.. _sprockets-statsd: https://github.com/sprockets/sprockets-statsd
+
 Documentation
 -------------
 https://sprocketsmixinsmetrics.readthedocs.io

docs/history.rst

@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@
 Release History
 ===============
 
+Next release
+------------
+- Library deprecated -- use `sprockets-statsd`_ if you need StatsD support
+
+.. _sprockets-statsd: https://github.com/sprockets/sprockets-statsd
+
 `4.1.0`_ (04-Sep-2019)
 ----------------------
 - Add configuration documentation

setup.py

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ setuptools.setup(
     packages=setuptools.find_packages(exclude=['examples.']),
     namespace_packages=['sprockets', 'sprockets.mixins'],
     classifiers=[
-        'Development Status :: 5 - Production/Stable',
+        'Development Status :: 7 - Inactive',
         'Environment :: No Input/Output (Daemon)',
         'Intended Audience :: Developers',
         'License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License',