Normally, we always give an adequate deprecation window when removing features, even if it is a major release.
However, the is_async parameter (used for hooks and media validation) represents an edge case where I very much doubt that anyone from the community has ever needed this flag.
What is more, very easy workarounds exist: wrapping the method in question inside an async def, or even easier, simply using inspect.markcoroutinefunction() (on CPython 3.12+) to mark the method as such. In addition, Cython 3.0 (on CPython 3.10+) no longer needs this flag, as it is able to convey the information to the interpreter via setting the appropriate code flags.
Normally, we always give an adequate deprecation window when removing features, even if it is a major release.
However, the
is_asyncparameter (used for hooks and media validation) represents an edge case where I very much doubt that anyone from the community has ever needed this flag.What is more, very easy workarounds exist: wrapping the method in question inside an
async def, or even easier, simply usinginspect.markcoroutinefunction()(on CPython 3.12+) to mark the method as such. In addition, Cython 3.0 (on CPython 3.10+) no longer needs this flag, as it is able to convey the information to the interpreter via setting the appropriate code flags.