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Enable pydoc to run as background job

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Description

BPO 43387

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GitHub fields:

assignee = None
closed_at = None
created_at = <Date 2021-03-03.13:34:22.003>
labels = ['type-feature', 'library', '3.10']
title = 'Enable pydoc to run as background job'
updated_at = <Date 2021-03-06.01:04:07.953>
user = 'https://bugs.python.org/digitaldragon'

bugs.python.org fields:

activity = <Date 2021-03-06.01:04:07.953>
actor = 'terry.reedy'
assignee = 'none'
closed = False
closed_date = None
closer = None
components = ['Library (Lib)']
creation = <Date 2021-03-03.13:34:22.003>
creator = 'digitaldragon'
dependencies = []
files = []
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 43387
keywords = []
message_count = 1.0
messages = ['388017']
nosy_count = 1.0
nosy_names = ['digitaldragon']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
stage = 'test needed'
status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = 'enhancement'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue43387'
versions = ['Python 3.10']

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Research direction

The payload only identifies the Library (Lib) component and pydoc; no file, entry point, test, or acceptance criteria is given. First locate pydoc's implementation and existing tests, clarify how a background job should behave, then add coverage showing that behavior.

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Assessment

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

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