Merge branch 'master' into mliappy3

src/PYTHON/python_impl.cpp

@@ -67,7 +67,15 @@ PythonImpl::PythonImpl(LAMMPS *lmp) : Pointers(lmp)
 #endif
 
   Py_Initialize();
-  PyEval_InitThreads();
+
+  // only needed for Python 2.x and Python 3 < 3.7
+  // With Python 3.7 this function is now called by Py_Initialize()
+  // Deprecated since version 3.9, will be removed in version 3.11
+#if PY_MAJOR_VERSION < 3 || PY_MINOR_VERSION < 7
+  if(!PyEval_ThreadsInitialized()) {
+    PyEval_InitThreads();
+  }
+#endif
 
   PyGILState_STATE gstate = PyGILState_Ensure();