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gh-155717: Reword the NEWS entry for the default start method change (GH-159273)
Say that the change applies when there is no writable temporary directory and that starting a process previously failed there.
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:mod:`multiprocessing`'s default start method on systems with non-writeable
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tempfile filesystem is now :ref:`"spawn" <multiprocessing-start-methods>`
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instead of ``"forkserver"``. Patch by Bénédikt Tran.
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:mod:`multiprocessing`'s default start method is now
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:ref:`"spawn" <multiprocessing-start-methods>` instead of ``"forkserver"``
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when there is no writable temporary directory, such as on a read-only file
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system. Previously starting a process failed with an :exc:`OSError` there.
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Patch by Bénédikt Tran.

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