Add notes about using the native protocol driver

README.mkd

@@ -3,19 +3,15 @@ pycassa
 
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-*pycassa* is a Thrift-based python client library for [Apache Cassandra](http://cassandra.apache.org)
-with the following features:
+pycassa is a Thrift-based python client library for [Apache Cassandra](http://cassandra.apache.org)
 
-* Automatic failover and operation retries
-* Connection pooling
-* Multithreading support
-* A batch interface
-* A class for mapping classes to Cassandra column families
+pycassa does not support CQL or Cassandra's native protocol, which are a
+replacement for the Thrift interface that pycassa is based on. If you are
+starting a new project, *it is highly recommended that you use the newer*
+[DataStax python driver](https://github.com/datastax/python-driver) instead
+of pycassa.
 
-pycassa does not support CQL or Cassandra's native protocol.  If you would like to use those,
-you should use the newer [DataStax python driver](https://github.com/datastax/python-driver).
-
-*pycassa* is open source under the [MIT license](http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php).
+pycassa is open source under the [MIT license](http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php).
 
 Documentation
 -------------

doc/index.rst

@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
 pycassa |release| Documentation
 ===============================
-pycassa is a Python client for
+pycassa is a Thrift-based Python client for
 `Apache Cassandra <http://cassandra.apache.org>`_.
-The latest release of pycassa is fully compatible with Cassandra 0.8 to
-1.1, and is compatible with the data API of Cassandra 0.7.
+
+pycassa does not support CQL or Cassandra's native protocol, which are a
+replacement for the Thrift interface that pycassa is based on. If you are
+starting a new project, *it is highly recommended that you use the newer*
+`DataStax python driver <https://github.com/datastax/python-driver>_ instead
+of pycassa.
 
 pycassa is open source under the `MIT license <http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php>`_.
 The source code repository for pycassa can be found on `Github <http://github.com/pycassa/pycassa>`_.