Yes, I understood that part, sorry.  What I don’t understand is how to work/install the patch you have provided?
So, again, please let me know, step by step, what I need to do to patch and get it running.  Thanks

> On 17 Oct 2016, at 17:04, Jeremy Sequoia <report@bugs.python.org> wrote:
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> Jeremy Sequoia added the comment:
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> QuickTime/QuickTime.h was deprecated long ago.
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> python fails to compile if QuickTime/QuickTime.h isn't present.
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> QuickTime/QuickTime.h was removed in Sierra, causing the build to fail on Sierra.
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> This patch fixes that issue.
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>> On Oct 17, 2016, at 05:23, Lapsang Leaf <report@bugs.python.org> wrote:
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>> Lapsang Leaf added the comment:
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>> Can we have this in English, please, for noobs?
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>> I only use python in order to run zim on my mac. I do not have the same technical know-how as many users and I do not understand the parlance here.  Currently I have OS X 10.12 with python 2.7 - updating to sierra seems to have broken it.
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>> Please let me know, step by step, what I need to do to patch and get it running again.  Thanks
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>> nosy: +Lapsang Leaf
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