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+This image is deprecated due to inactivity (last updated Feb 2019; [docker-library/official-images#5411](https://github.com/docker-library/official-images/pull/5411)).
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+There is a useful discussion in [ahawkins/docker-thrift#12](https://github.com/ahawkins/docker-thrift/issues/12) about the future of this image.