Acquire the GIL when invoking callbacks #431
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🦟 Bug fix
Summary
gz-transport callbacks are invoked from a separate thread so we need to acquire the GIL. Users such as gz-sim need to release the GIL regularly to ensure callbacks are serviced in a timely manner.
Came up in tests in gazebosim/gz-sim#2081. Tests there are flaky without this PR.
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