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     :target: https://pypi.org/project/debtcollector/
     :alt: Latest Version
 
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 A collection of Python deprecation patterns and strategies that help you
 collect your technical debt in a non-destructive manner. The goal of this
 library is to provide well documented developer facing deprecation