issue25931: document that socketserver.Forking* are unavailable on platforms

lacking os.fork().

issue25931: document that socketserver.Forking* are unavailable on platforms
lacking os.fork().
287e6876 · Gregory P. Smith ext:(%20%5BGoogle%20Inc.%5D) · a945969d · 287e6876
Commit 287e6876 authored Jun 03, 2016 by Gregory P. Smith ext:(%20%5BGoogle%20Inc.%5D)
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@@ -112,6 +112,8 @@ server classes.
   :class:`UDPServer`.  Setting the various attributes also changes the
   behavior of the underlying server mechanism.

+   :class:`ForkingMixIn` and the Forking classes mentioned below are
+   only available on POSIX platforms that support :func:`~os.fork`.

 .. class:: ForkingTCPServer
           ForkingUDPServer
@@ -619,3 +621,5 @@ The output of the example should look something like this::

 The :class:`ForkingMixIn` class is used in the same way, except that the server
 will spawn a new process for each request.
+Available only on POSIX platforms that support :func:`~os.fork`.
+