Remove mention of Downloads.jl having threading issues (#594)

* Remove mention of Downloads.jl having threading issues The mentioned issues are closed: - JuliaLang/Downloads.jl#110 (closed in Nov 2021 - JuliaLang/Downloads.jl#182 (closed in Apr 2022) * Update src/utilities/downloads_backend.jl Co-authored-by: arnaudh <[email protected]> --------- Co-authored-by: mattBrzezinski <[email protected]> Co-authored-by: mattBrzezinski <[email protected]>
JuliaCloud · Mar 21, 2023 · 183a579 · 183a579
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@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@ which is the `Downloads.Downloader` to use. If set to `nothing`, the default,
 then a global downloader object will be used.
 
 Downloads.jl tends to perform better under concurrent operation than HTTP.jl,
-particularly with `@async` / `asyncmap`. As of March 2022, threading (e.g. `@spawn` or `@threads`) with Downloads.jl is broken on all releases of Julia ([Downloads.jl#110](https://github.com/JuliaLang/Downloads.jl/issues/110)), and there are still reported issues on the upcoming
-1.7.3 and 1.8 releases ([Downloads.jl#182](https://github.com/JuliaLang/Downloads.jl/issues/182])).
+particularly with `@async` / `asyncmap`. Note that threading (e.g. `@spawn` or `@threads`) with Downloads.jl is broken on Julia releases prior to 1.8 (https://github.com/JuliaLang/Downloads.jl/issues/182#issuecomment-1069269944).
 """
 struct DownloadsBackend <: AWS.AbstractBackend
     downloader::Union{Nothing,Downloads.Downloader}