Improve multiprocessing documentation #524
                
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The current multiprocessing documentation is short, and can lead to some confusion.
This PR addresses the following aspects:
Setting up
prometheus_multiproc_direnv. var but still fail to collect metrics, usually due to a wrong setting of the variable (see issues Multiprocessing collector doesn't work #490 & Question: how to instrument a multiprocessing program? #382).Separating mandatory steps (1 and 2) from optional steps (3), depending on the usage of
Gauge. This is because themark_process_deadfunction does nothing related toCount,SummaryorHistogrammetrics, as seen in its definition.cc @brian-brazil