[Python-checkins] [doc] Remove references to obsolete BuildApplet on macOS. (GH-20023)
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https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/822efa5695b5ba6c2316c1400e4e9ec2546f7ea5
commit: 822efa5695b5ba6c2316c1400e4e9ec2546f7ea5
branch: 3.8
author: Miss Islington (bot) <31488909+miss-islington at users.noreply.github.com>
committer: GitHub <noreply at github.com>
date: 2020-05-21T16:34:46-07:00
summary:
[doc] Remove references to obsolete BuildApplet on macOS. (GH-20023)
(cherry picked from commit 7864f11cdf12807555d62c7a132c191eb41ecc02)
Co-authored-by: Andre Delfino <adelfino at gmail.com>
files:
M Doc/using/mac.rst
diff --git a/Doc/using/mac.rst b/Doc/using/mac.rst
index b411fa282049a..0253625f369d8 100644
--- a/Doc/using/mac.rst
+++ b/Doc/using/mac.rst
@@ -27,9 +27,8 @@ What you get after installing is a number of things:
* A :file:`Python 3.8` folder in your :file:`Applications` folder. In here
you find IDLE, the development environment that is a standard part of official
- Python distributions; PythonLauncher, which handles double-clicking Python
- scripts from the Finder; and the "Build Applet" tool, which allows you to
- package Python scripts as standalone applications on your system.
+ Python distributions; and PythonLauncher, which handles double-clicking Python
+ scripts from the Finder.
* A framework :file:`/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework`, which includes the
Python executable and libraries. The installer adds this location to your shell
@@ -159,11 +158,6 @@ https://riverbankcomputing.com/software/pyqt/intro.
Distributing Python Applications on the Mac
===========================================
-The "Build Applet" tool that is placed in the MacPython 3.6 folder is fine for
-packaging small Python scripts on your own machine to run as a standard Mac
-application. This tool, however, is not robust enough to distribute Python
-applications to other users.
-
The standard tool for deploying standalone Python applications on the Mac is
:program:`py2app`. More information on installing and using py2app can be found
at http://undefined.org/python/#py2app.
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