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@@ -215,7 +215,16 @@ <h1 id="affiliated-package-list-pre-ape22">Affiliated Packages Registry (Pre-APE
 
 <p>This section contains the listing of Astropy Affiliated Packages that pre-dated
 	<a href="https://github.com/astropy/astropy-APEs/blob/main/APE22.rst">APE 22</a>.
-This section is frozen as of March 6, 2024.</p>
+No new packages are be added to this list after March 6, 2024; but packages can be removed or their
+status can change.</p>
+<p>A detailed description of the meaning of the badges for each package can be found
+	<a href="https://github.com/astropy/astropy-project/blob/a9ea09ccd27703ea3ef2a80a811a5f70f91bc94b/affiliated/affiliated_package_review_guidelines.md#development-status-devstatus">here</a>.
+	Note in particular that a development status of
+	<img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Functional%20but%20unmaintained-orange.svg" alt="Functional but unmaintained"> or
+	<img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Functional%20but%20low%20activity-orange.svg" alt="Functional but low activity">
+	might be perfectly fine for e.g. teaching or with older Python verions, but packages with this status might not be
+	compatible with the latest versions of Astropy or might not reply to issues or bug reports.
+</p
 
     <p>Total number of pre-APE 22 affiliated packages: <strong id="total-affiliated-pkgs"></strong></p>