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     :target: https://github.com/dpkp/kafka-python/blob/master/setup.py
 
 
+**DUE TO ISSUES WITH RELEASES, IT IS SUGGESTED TO USE https://github.com/wbarnha/kafka-python-ng FOR THE TIME BEING**
 
 Python client for the Apache Kafka distributed stream processing system.
 kafka-python is designed to function much like the official java client, with a