test.support.wait_process ignores timeout argument

[notarealdeveloper]

BPO	46679
Nosy	@sobolevn, @notarealdeveloper
PRs	bpo-46679: Don't ignore timeout argument in test.support.wait_process. #31205 bpo-46711: increase timeout for test_logging::test_post_fork_child_no_deadlock #31274

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title = 'test.support.wait_process ignores timeout argument'
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[notarealdeveloper]

The function wait_process in Lib/test/support/init.py ignores its timeout argument. This argument is useful, for example, in tests that need to determine whether a deadlock has been fixed (e.g., in PR-30310). Will submit a pull request to fix this.

[StanFromIreland]

Completed, see discussion in #31205 for more information.