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-This repository is a mirror of our main repo at https://git.openwrt.org/openwrt/openwrt.git
-It is for reference only and is not active for checkins or for reporting issues.
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-All issues should be reported at: https://bugs.openwrt.org
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-Please do not open any NEW issue here - we will be closing the Github issues
-capability in the near future.
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-We will continue to accept Pull Requests here as described in the repo description.
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-Close this now and click here: https://bugs.openwrt.org
-
-Thankyou for your co-operation.