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authorCooper Ry Lees <me@cooperlees.com>2018-04-09 08:30:27 -0700
committerCooper Ry Lees <me@cooperlees.com>2018-04-09 08:34:26 -0700
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Combine history.rst update into one note + add more reasoning
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@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ Releases
Version 4.5
```````````
-* :class:`~.spawn` now has a ``use_poll`` parameter. This allows the use
- of select.poll() on fds
-* :class:`~.fdspawn` now has a ``use_poll`` paramneter. This allow the use
- of select.poll() on fds
+* :class:`~.spawn` + `~.fdspawn` now have an ``use_poll`` parameter.
+ This change allows the use of select.poll() on file descriptors.
+ It allows for > 1024 file descriptors on the system, and, it is not used by
+ default due to compatibility concerns and must be explicitly enabled.
Version 4.4
```````````