bpo-31233, bpo-31151: Document socketserver changes (#5417)
socketserver.ForkingMixIn.server_close() and
socketserver.ThreadingMixIn.server_close() now waits until all child
processes and non-daemonic threads complete.
diff --git a/Doc/library/socketserver.rst b/Doc/library/socketserver.rst
index e12c8c9..5600027 100644
--- a/Doc/library/socketserver.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/socketserver.rst
@@ -115,6 +115,21 @@
:class:`ForkingMixIn` and the Forking classes mentioned below are
only available on POSIX platforms that support :func:`~os.fork`.
+ :meth:`socketserver.ForkingMixIn.server_close` waits until all child
+ processes complete.
+
+ :meth:`socketserver.ThreadingMixIn.server_close` waits until all non-daemon
+ threads complete. Use daemonic threads by setting
+ :data:`ThreadingMixIn.daemon_threads` to ``True`` to not wait until threads
+ complete.
+
+ .. versionchanged:: 3.7
+
+ :meth:`socketserver.ForkingMixIn.server_close` and
+ :meth:`socketserver.ThreadingMixIn.server_close` now waits until all
+ child processes and non-daemonic threads complete.
+
+
.. class:: ForkingTCPServer
ForkingUDPServer
ThreadingTCPServer