Merge e10d612 into b99e43e

CHANGELOG

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ Qtile x.xx.x, released XXXX-XX-XX:
     !!! breaking changes !!!
       - this release drops support for python 3.9
       - deleted the (very old) libqtile/command_* deprecation wrappers
+      - SIGUSR2 no longer restarts qtile, instead it dumps stack traces
     * features
       - automatically lift types to their annotated type when specified via
         the `qtile cmd-obj` command line

libqtile/core/manager.py

@@ -216,9 +216,7 @@ async def async_loop(self) -> None:
         self.core.setup_listener()
 
         faulthandler.enable(all_threads=True)
-        # This is a bit unfortunate. We use SIGUSR1&2 for reloading config &
-        # restarting qtile, so we overload SIGWINCH here to dump threads.
-        faulthandler.register(signal.SIGWINCH, all_threads=True)
+        faulthandler.register(signal.SIGUSR2, all_threads=True)
 
         try:
             async with LoopContext(
@@ -227,7 +225,6 @@ async def async_loop(self) -> None:
                     signal.SIGINT: self.stop,
                     signal.SIGHUP: self.stop,
                     signal.SIGUSR1: self.reload_config,
-                    signal.SIGUSR2: self.restart,
                 }
             ), ipc.Server(
                 self._prepare_socket_path(self.socket_path),

test/helpers.py

@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ def terminate(self):
             if self.proc.is_alive():
                 # uh oh, we're hung somewhere. give it another second to print
                 # some stack traces
-                os.kill(self.proc.pid, signal.SIGWINCH)
+                os.kill(self.proc.pid, signal.SIGUSR2)
                 self.proc.join(1)
                 print("Killing qtile forcefully", file=sys.stderr)
                 # desperate times... this probably messes with multiprocessing...