Remember that (at least for this release) MacOS port are supposed to be experimental... so I don't think it's really a problem if there is this warning.
if our MacOS base is big enough when we reach our next stable, it might be worth considering... though I also disagree in principle for giving Apple money to develop software... On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 8:31 AM, Ivan Tarozzi <[email protected]> wrote: > Il 08/11/2012 05:57, [email protected] ha scritto: >> On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 5:49 PM, johannes hanika<[email protected]> wrote: >>> On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 5:30 PM,<[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Finally, we have got the 1.1rc1 dmg image. Thanks heaps! However at >>>> the moment, OS X complains that it is not digitally signed for the >>>> gatekeeper mechanism. We all know what darktable is, and it is safe, >>>> but for many photographers who are less computer-savvy than us, would >>>> this warning scare them from using darktable on OS X? >>>> >>>> At the moment, does anyone in our team hold the Apple Developer >>>> membership and be able to sign the darktable package? If not, does >>>> our darktable project have sufficient funds to sponsor the Apple >>>> membership? >>> >>> i'm against paying money to apple so we can write software for them. >>> >>> j. > > +1...... no, sorry, +10 :) > >> Totally agree...... but let's be realistic. I guess most of our >> audiences (i.e. photographers) are not as tech-saavy as us. >> Featurewise, we are catching up with L****room, but if we were to >> attract a wide audience, presentation becomes important, and the last >> thing we want to do is to scare them away! Yet the A***e developer >> membership only costs USD 99 per year, so if we really need to get one >> for our official packager, we can just treat it as the advertisement >> fee, and make big inroads to expand our user base, so this USD99 may >> be very well spent. > > I'm not a dt developer (just a little contributor and tester) so my > opinions are really personal: > I think we are not "on the market", darktable is not a commercial > product that need to get audience against commercial products. > Of course would be amazing if a lot of people will use dt and the > project will evolves, but remaining a free software. > Is not a problem (i think) about 99$, is a problem about development > freedom. If I need to pay to develope "for you", and you can accept or > reject my work in your app-store (rumors, not personal experience) is > not a way i like. > I think a free software project should embrace the free software > philosophy, and apple policy imo are not compliant :) > >> But there may be a very good chance that some of us are already an >> official developer, then it will cost us *nothing* if he/she agrees to >> sign the package for us :) > > I'm not an apple user, I don't know why this is necessary (current osX > port works? is installable on mac?) > But, more important, is important to verify if the terms of official > apple development contract are compatible with GPL license. > > just my2c > > Ivan > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. > Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics > Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: > http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_nov > _______________________________________________ > darktable-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/darktable-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_nov _______________________________________________ darktable-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/darktable-devel
