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+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 is intended to be compatible with
+Python 2.4 and 2.5, and will draw it's fixes/improvements from python-trunk.
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+ * Also it is a fork of the multiprocessin backport package by Christian Heims;
+ * It includes the no-execv patch contributed by R. Oudkerk;
+ * And the Pool improvements previously located in Celery;