Option to kill "stuck" workers in a multiprocessing pool

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Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
distributed-systems

Research direction

The issue names Python's multiprocessing Pool but no files, tests, or entry points. Start by reading the multiprocessing Pool implementation and the existing issue discussion, then identify the intended behavior for terminating stuck workers and how it should be tested. Done means the option is clearly specified, implemented, and covered by tests.

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Description

stdlib topic-multiprocessing type-feature
BPO 14148
Nosy @pfmoore, @brianquinlan, @pitrou

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GitHub fields:

assignee = None
closed_at = None
created_at = <Date 2012-02-28.11:42:59.714>
labels = ['type-feature', 'library']
title = 'Option to kill "stuck" workers in a multiprocessing pool'
updated_at = <Date 2012-03-07.20:12:38.161>
user = 'https://github.com/pfmoore'

bugs.python.org fields:

activity = <Date 2012-03-07.20:12:38.161>
actor = 'bquinlan'
assignee = 'none'
closed = False
closed_date = None
closer = None
components = ['Library (Lib)']
creation = <Date 2012-02-28.11:42:59.714>
creator = 'paul.moore'
dependencies = []
files = []
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 14148
keywords = []
message_count = 3.0
messages = ['154549', '154573', '154575']
nosy_count = 4.0
nosy_names = ['paul.moore', 'bquinlan', 'pitrou', 'neologix']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
stage = None
status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = 'enhancement'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue14148'
versions = ['Python 3.3', 'Python 3.4']

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