Update readme to indicate deprecated status

Author: edyoung

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 # PSSwagger
 
 A PowerShell module with commands to generate the PowerShell commands for a given RESTful Web Services using Swagger/OpenAPI documents.
 
+*PSSwagger is no longer being developed*, but do not fret! AutoRest is now able to generate cmdlets directly, without needing PSSwagger. Please refer to: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/powershell/cmdlets-via-autorest/
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+This repository remains available for reference but pull requests and new issues will not be monitored.
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 # PSSwagger Documentation
 
 ## PSSwagger commands