Incompatibilities with the socketserver and multiprocessing packages

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
20/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
backend

Research direction

Start with the multiprocessing_socketserver.py reproducer linked in the issue and review PR 5258, which contains the proposed fix for the socketserver and multiprocessing incompatibilities. Run the script to observe the reported behavior, then verify that the incompatibilities are resolved without breaking the affected packages.

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Description

3.8 (EOL) stdlib topic-multiprocessing topic-socket type-bug
BPO 32608
Nosy @pitrou, @applio, @rbprogrammer
PRs
  • python/cpython#5258
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    Files
  • multiprocessing_socketserver.py: Script that exercises the bug, and demonstrates the proposed fix.
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    GitHub fields:

    assignee = None
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created_at = <Date 2018-01-21.12:55:27.196>
labels = ['3.8', 'type-bug', 'library']
title = 'Incompatibilities with the socketserver and multiprocessing packages'
updated_at = <Date 2018-05-06.21:24:08.522>
user = 'https://github.com/rbprogrammer'

    bugs.python.org fields:

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assignee = 'none'
closed = False
closed_date = None
closer = None
components = ['Library (Lib)']
creation = <Date 2018-01-21.12:55:27.196>
creator = 'rbprogrammer'
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issue_num = 32608
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nosy_names = ['pitrou', 'davin', 'rbprogrammer']
pr_nums = ['5258']
priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
stage = 'patch review'
status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = 'behavior'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue32608'
versions = ['Python 3.8']

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