Tidy up main README a bit more

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.. image:: https://img.shields.io/pypi/l/channels.svg .. image:: https://img.shields.io/pypi/l/channels.svg
:target: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/channels :target: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/channels
*(Note: Recent versions of Channels also need recent versions of Daphne, Channels loads into Django as a pluggable app to bring WebSocket, long-poll HTTP,
asgi_redis and asgiref, so make sure you update all at once)* task offloading and other asynchrony support to your code, using familiar Django
design patterns and a flexible underlying framework that lets you not only
This is a work-in-progress code branch of Django implemented as a third-party customize behaviours but also write support for your own protocols and needs.
app, which aims to bring some asynchrony to Django and expand the options
for code beyond the request-response model, in particular enabling WebSocket,
HTTP2 push, and background task support.
This is still **beta** software: the API is mostly settled, but might change This is still **beta** software: the API is mostly settled, but might change
a bit as things develop. a bit as things develop. Once we hit ``1.0``, it will be stablized and a
deprecation policy will come in.
Documentation, installation and getting started instructions are at Documentation, installation and getting started instructions are at
http://channels.readthedocs.org http://channels.readthedocs.org
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Support can be obtained either here via issues, or in the ``#django-channels`` Support can be obtained either here via issues, or in the ``#django-channels``
channel on Freenode. channel on Freenode.
You can also install channels from PyPI as the ``channels`` package. You can install channels from PyPI as the ``channels`` package.
You'll likely also want ``asgi_redis`` to provide the Redis channel layer. You'll likely also want to ``asgi_redis`` to provide the Redis channel layer.
See our `installation <http://channels.readthedocs.io/en/latest/installation.html>`_
and `getting started <http://channels.readthedocs.io/en/latest/getting-started.html>`_ docs for more.
Contributing
------------
To learn more about contributing, please `read our contributing docs <http://channels.readthedocs.io/en/latest/contributing.html>`_.
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