misc: use threading module to start afterjobs threads (#18781)

wcs/middleware.py

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 # along with this program; if not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 import json
-import thread
+import threading
 import urllib
 
 from django.http import HttpResponseBadRequest, HttpResponseRedirect
@@ -111,8 +111,7 @@ class AfterJobsMiddleware(object):
             http_response = HTTPResponse()
             http_response.after_jobs = response.after_jobs
             if self.ASYNC:
-                thread.start_new_thread(
-                        http_response.process_after_jobs, ())
+                threading.Thread(target=http_response.process_after_jobs).start()
             else:
                 http_response.process_after_jobs()
         return response