I have no problem unblocking the zip. If you do provide an installer then 
please continue the binary/zip distribution as well.

You might consider creating a nu-get package with the ability to run the build 
from the nu-get console. 

Also, are you moving the source control to git and github... or did you decide 
to stick with CVS?

BOb


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ryan Boggs [mailto:rmbo...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 25, 2011 7:30 PM
> To: Markus Ewald
> Cc: NAnt-users mailing list
> Subject: Re: [NAnt-users] Testing NAnt on Windows 8
> 
> Hi,
> 
> On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 4:18 PM, Markus Ewald <cy...@nuclex.org> wrote:
> > Hi!
> >
> > I'm just playing with the Windows 8 Developer Preview and of course, I
> > installed NAnt, too.
> >
> > I downloaded NAnt as .zip archive (which means it gets the "mark of
> > the web"), moved it to my Program Files directory and tried to launch
> > it. Result was the probably by now well-known security exception:
> >
> > Unhandled Exception: System.Security.SecurityException: Request for
> > ConfigurationPermission failed while attempting to access
> > configuration section 'nant'. To allow all callers to access the data
> > for this section, set section attribute 'requirePermission' equal
> > 'false' in the configuration file where this section is declared. --->
> System.Security.SecurityException:
> > Request for the permission of type
> > 'System.Configuration.ConfigurationPermission, System.Configuration,
> > Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a'
> failed.
> >
> > Checking the properties of NAnt.exe, I clicked 'Unblock'. Error still
> > occurred. Opened properties again - the 'Unblock' button was still
> > there. It appears I cannot unblock and I'm not being given an error
> message.
> >
> > Well, long story short, I had to extract NAnt to a network share
> > (hosted on a Linux system - try putting hidden stream on that,
> > Windows!) and back to get rid of the "mark of the web".
> >
> > Works splendid now!
> This bit of information is most welcome.  Thank you for taking the time to try
> NAnt out on Win8 Preview.
> 
> Makes me wonder the best method of distributing NAnt in the future.
> The way Windows is treating downloaded zip files lately has been much of a
> pain.  Should we look into installers for NAnt/NAntContrib? Now is the time
> to think about these things.
> 
> Thanks,
> Ryan
> >
> > -Markus-
> >
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