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 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).