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Async is a framework to process interdependent tasks in a pool of workers.
DEPRECATION NOTE: Please do not use this library ! It's not working correctly in python 3, and besides that might be called a failed experiment.
Currently gitdb (via git-python) is it's major user, but it will be patched to not require it anymore.
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We found that async demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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