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gh-84559: Change the multiprocessing start method default to forkserver #101556

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gh-84559: Change the default multiprocessing start method.
gpshead Feb 4, 2023
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Merge branch 'main' into multiprocessing/default-start-method-3.14
gpshead Sep 19, 2024
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📜🤖 Added by blurb_it.
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Merge branch 'main' into multiprocessing/default-start-method-3.14
gpshead Sep 24, 2024
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Update module docs.
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Merge branch 'main' into multiprocessing/default-start-method-3.14
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What's New + issue ref fix.
gpshead Sep 24, 2024
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elif vs if makes a difference...
gpshead Sep 26, 2024
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simplify the default selection logic.
gpshead Sep 26, 2024
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fix comment typo
gpshead Sep 26, 2024
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typo fix in NEWS
gpshead Sep 26, 2024
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Better explain test logic with comments.
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Make an explanatory comment more clear.
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minor NEWS wording improvement. line length.
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typo fix in NEWS 
Co-authored-by: Hugo van Kemenade <1324225+hugovk@users.noreply.github.com>
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The default :mod:`multiprocessing` start method on Linux and other POSIX systems has been changed away from often unsafe``"fork"`` to ``"forkserver"`` (when the platform support sending file handles over pipes) or ``"spawn"``. Mac and Windows are unchanged as they already default to ``"spawn"``.
The default :mod:`multiprocessing` start method on Linux and other POSIX systems has been changed away from often unsafe ``"fork"`` to ``"forkserver"`` (when the platform support sending file handles over pipes) or ``"spawn"``. Mac and Windows are unchanged as they already default to ``"spawn"``.