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+# Copyright (c) 2019 Matt Martz <matt@sivel.net>
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see COPYING or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+
+# Make coding more python3-ish
+from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function)
+__metaclass__ = type
+
+import multiprocessing
+
+# Explicit multiprocessing context using the fork start method
+# This exists as a compat layer now that Python3.8 has changed the default
+# start method for macOS to ``spawn`` which is incompatible with our
+# code base currently
+#
+# This exists in utils to allow it to be easily imported into various places
+# without causing circular import or dependency problems
+context = multiprocessing.get_context('fork')