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 A gem for distributing the v8 runtime libraries and headers in both
 source and binary form.
 
+### Status: UNMAINTAINED
+
+This project is UNMAINTAINED.
+
+Why?
+
+- The binding to libv8 that therubyraceer implements is quite tight, making updating libv8 a huge amount of work. [mini_racer](https://github.com/rubyjs/mini_racer) has a thinner interface for that reason.
+- So many issues come from depot tools and the bespoke v8 toolchain, which only support what Google Chrome needs to support. [libv8-node](https://github.com/rubyjs/libv8-node) has been created to tackle those issues, leveraging the good work of Node.js people, and mini_racer uses that.
+
+If you use a mini_racer that depends on libv8, please move to a more recent version.
+
+If you use therubyracer and are thus stuck with v8 3.16, please move to mini_racer. If one of your dependencies uses therubyracer, please reach out to them so that they upgrade to mini_racer.
+
+If there are needs coming from either libv8 or therubyracer that you feel are unmet by mini_racer + libv8-node, please open issues on their respective repositories.
+
 ### Why?
 
 The goal of libv8 is two fold: provide a binary gem containing the a