daemonize_workers option

django_q/cluster.py

@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ class Sentinel(object):
         p = Process(target=target, args=args)
         p.daemon = True
         if target == worker:
-            p.daemon = False
+            p.daemon = Conf.DAEMINIZE_WORKER
             p.timer = args[2]
             self.pool.append(p)
         p.start()

django_q/conf.py

@@ -91,6 +91,9 @@ class Conf(object):
                 # sensible default
                 WORKERS = 4
 
+    # Option to undaemonize the workers and allow them to spawn child processes
+    DAEMONIZE_WORKERS = conf.get('daemonize_workers', True)
+
     # Maximum number of tasks that each cluster can work on
     QUEUE_LIMIT = conf.get('queue_limit', int(WORKERS) ** 2)