Update project status and version on docs

Author: nicoddemus

doc/conf.py

@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@
 # documentation root, use os.path.abspath to make it absolute, like shown here.
 sys.path.append(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__)))
 
+from execnet._version import version
+
+release = ".".join(version.split(".")[:2])
+
 # -- General configuration ----------------------------------------------------
 
 # Add any Sphinx extension module names here, as strings.
@@ -41,15 +45,6 @@
 project = 'execnet'
 copyright = '2012, holger krekel and others'
 
-# The version info for the project you're documenting, acts as replacement for
-# |version| and |release|, also used in various other places throughout the
-# built documents.
-#
-# The short X.Y version.
-version = '1.4'
-# The full version, inpipcluding alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '1.4.0.dev1'
-
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.
 # language = None

doc/index.rst

@@ -78,12 +78,13 @@ Known uses
 Project status
 --------------------------
 
-The current 1.0 series aims at :doc:`basic API <basics>` stabilization, improved tracing and robust termination.
+The project is currently in **maintenance-only mode**, with PRs fixing bugs being gracefully accepted.
 
-The 1.1 series will target setting up permanent networks and offering unix-shell-like capabilities to spawn processes and applications.
+Currently there are no plans to improve the project further, being maintained mostly because it is
+used as backend of the popular `pytest-xdist <https://github.com/pytest-dev/pytest-xdist>`__ plugin.
 
-execnet was conceived and is `actively developed`_ by `Holger Krekel`_.
-The package is licensed under the MIT license since version 1.2.
+``execnet`` was conceived originally by `Holger Krekel`_ and is licensed under the MIT license
+since version 1.2.
 
 .. _`basic API`: basics.html
 .. _`actively developed`: https://github.com/pytest-dev/execnet