[Python-checkins] [3.7] [doc] Remove references to obsolete BuildApplet on macOS (GH-20023) (GH-20306)

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https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/3613bf07bd236ba50bc715dd407db0ee98ea739d
commit: 3613bf07bd236ba50bc715dd407db0ee98ea739d
branch: 3.7
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date: 2020-05-21T16:35:04-07:00
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[3.7] [doc] Remove references to obsolete BuildApplet on macOS (GH-20023) (GH-20306)



(cherry picked from commit 7864f11cdf12807555d62c7a132c191eb41ecc02)


Co-authored-by: Andre Delfino <adelfino at gmail.com>

Automerge-Triggered-By: @ned-deily

files:
M Doc/using/mac.rst

diff --git a/Doc/using/mac.rst b/Doc/using/mac.rst
index e685993b65d5c..ef5817d3734bf 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 3.7` 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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