[Python-Dev] Daemon creation code in the standard library (was: Inherance of file descriptor and handles on Windows (PEP 446))

[Ben Finney]

Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> writes:

> To reduce the need for 3rd party subprocess creation code, we should
> have better daemon creation code in the stdlib -- I wrote some damn
> robust code for this purpose in my previous job, but it never saw the
> light of day.

Work continues on the PEP 3143-compatible ‘python-daemon’, porting it to
Python 3 and aiming for inclusion in the standard library.

Interested parties are invited to join us on the discussion forums
<URL:http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/python-daemon-devel>.

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Ben Finney