Add deprecation notice to README

marcusolsson · marcusolsson · commit dcca220839c3 · 2021-02-09T11:56:35.000+01:00
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,15 @@
 ## Simple JSON Datasource - a generic backend datasource
 
-More documentation about datasource plugins can be found in the [Docs](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/blob/master/docs/sources/plugins/developing/datasources.md).
+> This plugin is **no longer maintained** by the Grafana team.
+>
+> If you're looking for an example of a data source plugin, refer to [grafana-starter-datasource-backend](https://github.com/grafana/grafana-starter-datasource-backend).
+>
+> If you're using this plugin, check out a couple of alternatives:
+>
+> - [JSON](https://grafana.com/grafana/plugins/simpod-json-datasource) by Šimon Podlipský
+> - [JSON API](https://grafana.com/grafana/plugins/marcusolsson-json-datasource) by Marcus Olsson
+
+More documentation about datasource plugins can be found in the [Docs](https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/developers/plugins/).
 
 This also serves as a living example implementation of a datasource.
 
@@ -10,7 +19,7 @@ Your backend needs to implement 4 urls:
  * `/search` used by the find metric options on the query tab in panels.
  * `/query` should return metrics based on input.
  * `/annotations` should return annotations.
- 
+
 Those two urls are optional:
 
  * `/tag-keys` should return tag keys for ad hoc filters.
