[Train] Simplify single worker training #19814
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Currently, Ray Train does not setup the distributed environment (torch process group, TF_CONFIG env var) if only using 1 worker.
However, this requires the user to make changes to their training code if they want to go from 1 worker to multiple workers, and has been a source of confusion in our examples:
#19506
#19761
This PR changes the behavior to setup the distributed environment regardless of the number of workers. This allows training functions that have
DistributedDataParallel
orMultiWorkerMirroredStrategy
to still work with single worker Ray Train. This PR also adds testing the quick start code examples in the docs.Closes #19761
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