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-**Nunjucks is currently lacking an active maintainer. Issues and pull requests
-will not be reviewed or merged, unfortunately. If you are interested in 
-picking up nunjucks maintenance, file an issue and mention @vecmezoni.**
-
 # Contributing
 
 Thanks for your interest in contributing! The advice below will help you get your issue fixed / pull request merged.