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 Netconn API
 +++++++++++
 
-This repository contains the RESTful API information for the OpenStack Network
-Connectivity project, also known as Neutron. The Neutron project provides open
+This repository is now frozen-in-time and will not accept new patches. To
+update Networking API information, please submit patches to
+http://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/neutron-specs for a new API feature
+and to http://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/api-site for implemented API
+information.
+
+It was the original holder for API information for the OpenStack Networking
+ project, also known as Neutron. The Neutron project provides open
 source network connectivity to OpenStack Compute, the project named Nova.
 
 Contributing