[3.13] gh-84559: improve What's New entry for `multiprocessing` startmethod changes (GH-128173) by brianschubert · Pull Request #137156 · python/cpython

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Fixes undefined label: 'multiprocessing-programming-spawn' error when building the docs after #137155.

(cherry picked from commit b8c313a)

Issue: multiprocessing's default posix start method of 'fork' is broken: change to `'forkserver' || 'spawn' #84559

📚 Documentation preview 📚: https://cpython-previews--137156.org.readthedocs.build/

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Co-authored-by: Bénédikt Tran <10796600+picnixz@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Gregory P. Smith <greg@krypto.org>
Co-authored-by: Stan Ulbrych <89152624+StanFromIreland@users.noreply.github.com>

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