Hi, There are a bunch of issues that have been raised recently about our ASF macOS packages, including -
https://github.com/apache/netbeans/issues/6052 https://github.com/apache/netbeans/issues/6104 Aside from the problems that at the moment only John can create and sign the ASF installer (and I believe the machine he uses for this might be on its last legs?!) we're seeing more and more issues with how it's working with Apple's Gatekeeper. Having the current build files in the main repo occasionally causes issues, and I can't get them to work on my own M1 mac correctly. The installer has scripts that are writing into the signed .app folder - a cache pre-fill which doesn't actually work, and just seems to be writing an error file, and I presume the JDK location into netbeans.conf? That might be some of the issue, as it is passing notarization. I wrote macOS installer support for NBPackage a while back, which automates everything including the Swift launcher build, and signs all relevant binaries, including those in JARs. We've been shipping community installers with JDK for a while now. I've built a test installer of NB18 without JDK (universal arch) that is linked from https://github.com/apache/netbeans/issues/6052#issuecomment-1615801376 It's signed by my Codelerity certificate for testing - if we switched we'd obviously sign with ASF certificate. I've also added a PR for NBPackage which adds support for building the Swift launcher with multiple architectures - https://github.com/apache/netbeans-nbpackage/pull/32 So, if we do continue to provide a macOS installer without JDK (given macOS policies there are some good arguments for preferring a signed bundle with runtime!), do we consider switching? If we do switch, feedback and testing on the test installer and NBPackage update would be appreciated. I'd probably try and move another release of NBPackage beforehand too. Thoughts? Bit of a long email, sorry, if you've read this far I owe you a beer sometime! :-) Best wishes, Neil --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@netbeans.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@netbeans.apache.org For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists
