Backport of r65032 from trunk
Fixes Issue #874900: after an os.fork() call the threading module state is cleaned
up in the child process to prevent deadlock and report proper thread counts
if the new process uses the threading module.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 4ba3d57..8864aa9 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -144,6 +144,10 @@
- Issue #2113: Fix error in subprocess.Popen if the select system call is
interrupted by a signal.
+- Issue #874900: after an os.fork() call the threading module state is cleaned
+ up in the child process to prevent deadlock and report proper thread counts
+ if the new process uses the threading module.
+
Extension Modules
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