[py] Don't write to unused pipe when no log_file #2994
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in the preceding checkbox, I verify that I have signed the Contributor License AgreementAs pointed out at https://stackoverflow.com/questions/40202798/is-setting-stdout-stderr-of-subprocess-popen-to-pipe-when-not-using-output-a-goo a pipe is opened and is written to but never read from per default (no log file). This is not the optimal behavior. Therefore I changed the default from
PIPE
toDEVNULL
(see https://docs.python.org/3/library/subprocess.html#subprocess.DEVNULL) with a Python 2 fallback.(3rd attempt)