commit 459a6481662c62d6cb57a070d21230db3e721c56
author Jesse Noller <jnoller@gmail.com> Mon Mar 30 15:50:42 2009 +0000
committer Jesse Noller <jnoller@gmail.com> Mon Mar 30 15:50:42 2009 +0000
tree f7d547008e124f2eacc48db47dc346947b4d944a
parent 5cb104d1b936da539b41eddc21fa56f74909e0b6

Issue 5177: use socket.SO_REUSEADDR on multiprocessing SocketManager sockets

Misc/NEWS

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index c395d06..1de2458 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -197,6 +197,10 @@
 Library
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+- Issue #5177: Multiprocessing's SocketListener class now uses 
+  socket.SO_REUSEADDR on all connections so that the user no longer needs
+  to wait 120 seconds for the socket to expire.
+
 - Adjusted _tkinter to compile without warnings when WITH_THREAD is not
   defined (part of issue #5035).