SLING-8418 added notice about maintenance branch
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 # Apache Sling Starter Startup Module
 
-This module is **obsolete** - use Felix HC [Service Unavailable Filter](https://github.com/apache/felix/blob/trunk/healthcheck/README.md#service-unavailable-filter) as e.g. configured in [Sling Starter](https://github.com/apache/sling-org-apache-sling-starter/blob/a16fb43f1d0333f74b066844e0377d93ca1e1e08/src/main/provisioning/healthcheck.txt#L86) instead.
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+This module is **obsolete** - use Felix HC [Service Unavailable Filter](https://github.com/apache/felix/blob/trunk/healthcheck/README.md#service-unavailable-filter) as e.g. configured in [Sling Starter](https://github.com/apache/sling-org-apache-sling-starter/blob/a16fb43f1d0333f74b066844e0377d93ca1e1e08/src/main/provisioning/healthcheck.txt#L86) instead.
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+For reference or potential bugfix releases use branch [maintenance](https://github.com/apache/sling-org-apache-sling-starter-startup/tree/maintenance)
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