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General Information -------------------
- Website: https://www.python.org - Source code: https://github.com/python/cpython - Issue tracker: https://bugs.python.org - Documentation: https://docs.python.org - Developer's Guide: https://docs.python.org/devguide/
Contributing to CPython -----------------------
For more complete instructions on contributing to CPython development, see the `Developer Guide`_.
.. _Developer Guide: https://docs.python.org/devguide/
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On Unix, Linux, BSD, OSX, and Cygwin:: On Unix, Linux, BSD, macOS, and Cygwin::
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You can pass many options to the configure script; run ``./configure --help`` to find out more. On OSX and Cygwin, the executable is called ``python.exe``; to find out more. On macOS and Cygwin, the executable is called ``python.exe``; elsewhere it's just ``python``.
On Mac OS X, if you have configured Python with ``--enable-framework``, you On macOS, if you have configured Python with ``--enable-framework``, you should use ``make frameworkinstall`` to do the installation. Note that this installs the Python executable in a place that is not normally on your PATH, you may want to set up a symlink in ``/usr/local/bin``. Expand Down Expand Up @@ -126,12 +142,8 @@ is downloadable in HTML, PDF, and reStructuredText formats; the latter version is primarily for documentation authors, translators, and people with special formatting requirements.
If you would like to contribute to the development of Python, relevant documentation is available in the `Python Developer's Guide <https://docs.python.org/devguide/>`_.
For information about building Python's documentation, refer to `Doc/README.txt <https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/3.6/Doc/README.txt>`_. For information about building Python's documentation, refer to `Doc/README.rst <https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/3.6/Doc/README.rst>`_.

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