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| author | Miss Islington (bot) <31488909+miss-islington@users.noreply.github.com> | 2024-06-30 01:10:34 (GMT) |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2024-06-30 01:10:34 (GMT) |
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[3.13] gh-120522: Add a `--with-app-store-compliance` configure option to patch out problematic code (GH-120984) (#121173)
gh-120522: Add a `--with-app-store-compliance` configure option to patch out problematic code (GH-120984)
* Add --app-store-compliance configuration option.
* Added blurb.
* Correct tab-vs-spaces formatting issue.
* Correct source file name in docs.
* Correct source code reference in Mac docs
* Only apply the patch forward, and ensure the working directory is correct.
* Make patching reslient to multiple builds.
* Documentation fixes found during review
* Documentation and configure.ac syntax improvements
* Regenerate configure script.
* Silence the patch echo output.
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(cherry picked from commit 48cd104b0cf05dad8958efa9cb9666c029ef9201)
Co-authored-by: Russell Keith-Magee <russell@keith-magee.com>
Co-authored-by: Nice Zombies <nineteendo19d0@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Alyssa Coghlan <ncoghlan@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Erlend E. Aasland <erlend.aasland@protonmail.com>
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diff --git a/Doc/using/ios.rst b/Doc/using/ios.rst index 71fc29c..774856e 100644 --- a/Doc/using/ios.rst +++ b/Doc/using/ios.rst @@ -312,3 +312,21 @@ modules in your app, some additional steps will be required: * If you're using a separate folder for third-party packages, ensure that folder is included as part of the ``PYTHONPATH`` configuration in step 10. + +App Store Compliance +==================== + +The only mechanism for distributing apps to third-party iOS devices is to +submit the app to the iOS App Store; apps submitted for distribution must pass +Apple's app review process. This process includes a set of automated validation +rules that inspect the submitted application bundle for problematic code. + +The Python standard library contains some code that is known to violate these +automated rules. While these violations appear to be false positives, Apple's +review rules cannot be challenged; so, it is necessary to modify the Python +standard library for an app to pass App Store review. + +The Python source tree contains +:source:`a patch file <Mac/Resources/app-store-compliance.patch>` that will remove +all code that is known to cause issues with the App Store review process. This +patch is applied automatically when building for iOS. |