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+[![Build Status](https://secure.travis-ci.org/ganglia/gmond_python_modules.png)](http://travis-ci.org/ganglia/gmond_python_modules)
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 This is the official repository for hosting all user-contributed Gmond Python DSO metric modules.
 
 To have your modules added here, please fork the repository, create separate sub-directories for each module