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diff --git a/python/billiard/README b/python/billiard/README new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..c755b9216036 --- /dev/null +++ b/python/billiard/README @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +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 draws its fixes/improvements from python-trunk +and provides additional bug fixes and improvements. + +* 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 multiprocessing backport package by Christian Heims. +* It includes the no-execv patch contributed by R. Oudkerk. +* And the Pool improvements previously located in Celery. +* Billiard is used in and is a dependency for Celery and is maintained by the + Celery team. |