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 A safe Rust interface for [SCIP](https://www.scipopt.org/index.php#download). This crate also exposes access to the SCIP's C-API through the `ffi` module. 
-The project is currently an early-stage work in progress, issues/pull-requests are very welcome. 
+The project is currently actively developed, issues/pull-requests are very welcome. 
 ## Dependencies 
 Make sure SCIP is installed, the easiest way to install it is to install a precompiled package from [here](https://scipopt.org/index.php#download) or through conda by running
 ```bash