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32092	Add an async db backend: asyncpg	Andrew Chen Wang	nobody	"This ticket wishes to add an asynchronous DB backend, namely using [https://github.com/MagicStack/asyncpg asyncpg].

I don't have much experience with the ORM itself, but I'd like to get the work started. One of the reasons this hasn't been started grandly is mentioned in DEP 9:

> A lot of this stems from the fact that the underlying database drivers are synchronous

One thing that must take place before this ticket starts any code is the design decision. Don't know how to cc people, but I'd like to know what the design decision would be? Unlike `cache.get_async`with that `_async` suffix, I feel like BaseDatabaseWrapper should just be duplicated into an AsyncBaseDatabaseWrapper? It wouldn't be DRY, so I'd love to know some thoughts!"	New feature	closed	Database layer (models, ORM)	dev	Normal	wontfix	database		Unreviewed	0	0	0	0	0	0