When I find an open lib on github that looks to solve the problem I have, and it has a "warning! don't use" on it - I assume this means the author has no intent

When I find an open lib on github that looks to solve the problem I have, and it has a "warning! don't use" on it - I assume this means the author has no intention of maintaining the library, accepting patches, or preserving backwards compatibility. Contrast this with the standard assumption - I'm using random code off the internet with a good faith effort by a maintainer not to break my stuff. If I find things broken, I may upstream a patch to said maintainer - or decide it's not for me and move on. I never go through the latter effort when there is a big warning on the Readme.