Issue #6963: Added maxtasksperchild argument to multiprocessing.Pool
diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
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Mike Carlton
Terry Carroll
Donn Cave
+Charles Cazabon
Per Cederqvist
Octavian Cerna
Hye-Shik Chang
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
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Library
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+- Issue #6963: Added "maxtasksperchild" argument to multiprocessing.Pool,
+ allowing for a maximum number of tasks within the pool to be completed by
+ the worker before that worker is terminated, and a new one created to
+ replace it.
+
- Issue #7617: Make sure distutils.unixccompiler.UnixCCompiler recognizes
gcc when it has a fully qualified configuration prefix. Initial patch
by Arfrever.