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Update macOS installer ReadMe for 3.8.7 and Big Sur (GH-23882)
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Mac/BuildScript/resources/ReadMe.rtf

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{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\cocoartf2513
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\cocoatextscaling0\cocoaplatform0{\fonttbl\f0\fswiss\fcharset0 Helvetica;\f1\fswiss\fcharset0 Helvetica-Bold;\f2\fmodern\fcharset0 CourierNewPSMT;
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\f3\fswiss\fcharset0 Helvetica-Oblique;}
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{\colortbl;\red255\green255\blue255;}
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\f1\b \cf0 \ul \ulc0 Certificate verification and OpenSSL\
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\f1\b \cf0 \ul \ulc0 macOS 11 Big Sur not fully supported\
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Python 3.8.7 is not yet fully supported on macOS 11 Big Sur. It will install on macOS 11 Big Sur and will run on Apple Silicon Macs using Rosetta 2 translation. But a few features do not work correctly, most noticeably those involving searching for system libraries such as
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\f2 ctypes.util.find_library()
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\f0 and in
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\f2 Distutils
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\f0 . Python 3.9.1 or later provides full support for Big Sur and Apple Silicon Macs, including building natively on Apple Silicon Macs and support for
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\f2 universal2
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\f0 binaries\
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\f1\b \ul Certificate verification and OpenSSL\
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This package includes its own private copy of OpenSSL 1.1.1. The trust certificates in system and user keychains managed by the
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\f2\i Keychain Access
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\f3\i Keychain Access
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\f0\i0 application and the
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\f2\i security
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\f3\i security
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\f0\i0 command line utility are not used as defaults by the Python
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\f0 module. A sample command script is included in
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\f3 /Applications/Python 3.8
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\f0 to install a curated bundle of default root certificates from the third-party
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\f0 package ({\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "https://pypi.org/project/certifi/"}}{\fldrslt https://pypi.org/project/certifi/}}). Double-click on
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\f3 Install Certificates
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\f0\b0 \ulnone Python 2.7 has now reached end-of-life. As of Python 3.8.4, the
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\f3 Python Launcher
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\f0 app now has
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\f0 factory defaults. Also, the
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\f0 link in the
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\f0 directory is now updated to point to the Python 3 being installed; previously, only Python 2 installs updated
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\f0 . This change might affect developers using the framework to embed Python in their applications. If another version is desired for embedding, the
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\f0 symlink can be changed manually without affecting 3.8.x behavior.\
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\f2\i Release Notes
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\f3\i Release Notes
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\f0\i0 link at {\field{\*\fldinst{HYPERLINK "https://www.python.org/downloads/"}}{\fldrslt https://www.python.org/downloads/}}.\
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