======== billiard ======== :version: 3.5.0.4 |build-status-lin| |build-status-win| |license| |wheel| |pyversion| |pyimp| .. |build-status-lin| image:: https://secure.travis-ci.org/celery/billiard.png?branch=master :alt: Build status on Linux :target: https://travis-ci.org/celery/billiard .. |build-status-win| image:: https://ci.appveyor.com/api/projects/status/github/celery/billiard?png=true&branch=master :alt: Build status on Windows :target: https://ci.appveyor.com/project/ask/billiard .. |license| image:: https://img.shields.io/pypi/l/billiard.svg :alt: BSD License :target: https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause .. |wheel| image:: https://img.shields.io/pypi/wheel/billiard.svg :alt: Billiard can be installed via wheel :target: https://pypi.org/project/billiard/ .. |pyversion| image:: https://img.shields.io/pypi/pyversions/billiard.svg :alt: Supported Python versions. :target: https://pypi.org/project/billiard/ .. |pyimp| image:: https://img.shields.io/pypi/implementation/billiard.svg :alt: Support Python implementations. :target: https://pypi.org/project/billiard/ About ----- `billiard` is a fork of the Python 2.7 `multiprocessing `_ package. The multiprocessing package itself is a renamed and updated version of R Oudkerk's `pyprocessing `_ package. This standalone variant draws its fixes/improvements from python-trunk and provides additional bug fixes and improvements. - This package would not be possible if not for the contributions of not only the current maintainers but all of the contributors to the original pyprocessing package listed `here `_ - Also it is a fork of the multiprocessing backport package by Christian Heims. - It includes the no-execv patch contributed by R. Oudkerk. - And the Pool improvements previously located in `Celery`_. - Billiard is used in and is a dependency for `Celery`_ and is maintained by the Celery team. .. _`Celery`: http://celeryproject.org Bug reporting ------------- Please report bugs related to multiprocessing at the `Python bug tracker `_. Issues related to billiard should be reported at https://github.com/celery/billiard/issues.