billiard 2.7.3.4

Python multiprocessing fork

python-multiprocessing

About

billiard is a fork of the Python 2.7 multiprocessing package. The multiprocessing package itself is a renamed and updated version of R Oudkerk’s pyprocessing package. This standalone variant is intended to be compatible with Python 2.4 and 2.5, and will draw it’s fixes/improvements from python-trunk.

• This package would not be possible if not for the contributions of not only the current maintainers but all of the contributors to the original pyprocessing package listed here

• Also it is a fork of the multiprocessin backport package by Christian Heims.

• It includes the no-execv patch contributed by sbt.

• And the Pool improvements previously located in Celery.

Bug reporting

Please report bugs related to multiprocessing at the Python bug tracker. Issues related to billiard should be reported at http://github.com/ask/billiard/issues.

Changes

2.7.3.4 - 2012-04-27

• Added billiard.ensure_multiprocessing()

  Raises NotImplementedError if the platform does not support multiprocessing (e.g. Jython).

2.7.3.3 - 2012-04-23

• PyPy now falls back to using its internal _multiprocessing module, so everything works except for forking_enable(False) (which silently degrades).

• Fixed Python 2.5 compat issues.

• Uses more with statements

• Merged some of the changes from the Python 3 branch.

2.7.3.2 - 2012-04-20

• Now installs on PyPy/Jython (but does not work).

2.7.3.1 - 2012-04-20

• Python 2.5 support added.

2.7.3.0 - 2012-04-20

• Updated from Python 2.7.3

• Python 2.4 support removed, now only supports 2.5, 2.6 and 2.7. (may consider py3k support at some point).

• Pool improvments from Celery.

• no-execv patch added (http://bugs.python.org/issue8713)