From fd652b5372149a96c1a26898bf9f0a22c9908cb7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Andr=C3=A9s=20Delfino?= Date: Sun, 10 May 2020 11:45:06 -0300 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Fix MacPython version --- Doc/using/mac.rst | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Doc/using/mac.rst b/Doc/using/mac.rst index baf737ddaa9171..ee578e3b3da008 100644 --- a/Doc/using/mac.rst +++ b/Doc/using/mac.rst @@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ 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 +The "Build Applet" tool that is placed in the MacPython 3.9 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. From b601b1fec9cffaf69c881411a7a51eba3459a271 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?UTF-8?q?Andr=C3=A9s=20Delfino?= Date: Thu, 21 May 2020 08:54:10 -0300 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Address Ned comment --- Doc/using/mac.rst | 10 ++-------- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/using/mac.rst b/Doc/using/mac.rst index ee578e3b3da008..ead71e1b079b3b 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 3.9` 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 3.9 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.