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+# logstash
+
+The code for logstash lives on github, but everything else in the project lives
+on googlecode (wiki, issues, downloads)
+
+If you want to learn about logstash, check out the main project site here:
+
+http://code.google.com/p/logstash/
+
+File bugs here: http://code.google.com/p/logstash/issues/list
+
+Please do not file bugs on github, the issue tracker here on github is pretty
+weak compared to the much better issue tracker on googlecode.