Added information about the history and current status of this project.

README.md

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 pysqlite
 ========
 
-Python DB-API module for SQLite 3.
+The original DB-API 2.0 module for SQLite3, developed by Gerhard Häring
+primarily between 2004 and 2006.
 
-Online documentation can be found [here](https://pysqlite.readthedocs.org/en/latest/sqlite3.html).
+It was incorporated into the Python standard library with the Python 2.5
+release in 2006 as the _sqlite3_ module. For some time, it still received
+updates in this repository, both for existing users and to cross-port fixes
+between this repo and the Python standard library version.
 
-You can get help from the community on the Google Group: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/python-sqlite
+The version in the Python standard library, however, quickly got a lot more
+usage and traction, so this repository became less and less useful. You are
+safe to consider this repository mostly unmaintained.
 
-This project is not actively maintained any more: You are better off using the
-"sqlite3" module in the Python standard library, which originated from the
-pysqlite codebase.
+If all of this does not deter you, online documentation can be found
+[here](https://pysqlite.readthedocs.org/en/latest/sqlite3.html).
+
+You can get help from the community on the Google Group:
+https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/python-sqlite
+
+If having the full SQLite3 API exposed to Python is more important than DB-API
+2.0 compatibility, then you should use APSW instead:
+https://github.com/rogerbinns/apsw/ It is a great piece of software and well
+maintained by Roger Binns.