From bc8b7caccddfa27a57418c1cad2e6f802bca652e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Gregory P. Smith" Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:22:38 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] gh-155717: Reword the NEWS entry for the default start method change Say that the change applies when there is no writable temporary directory and that starting a process previously failed there. --- .../2026-08-15-09-47-23.gh-issue-155717.jWFLR2.rst | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-08-15-09-47-23.gh-issue-155717.jWFLR2.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-08-15-09-47-23.gh-issue-155717.jWFLR2.rst index 0994dc8d03051f..671da00610e824 100644 --- a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-08-15-09-47-23.gh-issue-155717.jWFLR2.rst +++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-08-15-09-47-23.gh-issue-155717.jWFLR2.rst @@ -1,3 +1,5 @@ -:mod:`multiprocessing`'s default start method on systems with non-writeable -tempfile filesystem is now :ref:`"spawn" ` -instead of ``"forkserver"``. Patch by Bénédikt Tran. +:mod:`multiprocessing`'s default start method is now +:ref:`"spawn" ` instead of ``"forkserver"`` +when there is no writable temporary directory, such as on a read-only file +system. Previously starting a process failed with an :exc:`OSError` there. +Patch by Bénédikt Tran.