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+This image is deprecated due to maintainer inactivity (last updated Nov 2018; [docker-library/official-images#5073](https://github.com/docker-library/official-images/pull/5073)).
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+See [docker-library/official-images#7130](https://github.com/docker-library/official-images/pull/7130) for discussion around an in-progress upstream update.