On Saturday 13 December 2008 12:21, Matthew Toseland wrote:
> 3. Whether to compile and sign the current installer on emu.
> 
> Nextgens has suggested that we should sign the installer elsewhere. The 
> bytecode could still be verified provided that the dev who builds it builds 
> it with appropriate options and declares which JVM they are using.
> 
> PRO: Not putting all our eggs in one basket. Non-java installers can be 
signed 
> by their authors, distributed from emu, and download stuff from emu and 
check 
> emu's signatures.
> 
> CON: Most devs' boxes, with the exception of nextgens', are less secure than 
> emu. Prevents shipping an auto-built offline installer. It will have to pull 
> binaries from emu anyway, so it doesn't actually solve anything.
> 
> RESOLUTION: IMHO the current system works fine. Nextgens has stated his 
> intention not to participate in any further discussions about the installer, 
> so we'll ignore him.

Oops, sorry I should have removed that last comment ... on the other hand, it 
does happen to be true, apart from the ignoring bit: you'll find that I have 
sided with nextgens on several questions.
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