> On Oct 6, 2015, at 7:14 AM, Adam Wolf <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi folks! > > OS X has this thing called Gatekeeper. Applications that are downloaded off > the internet fall under its "protection". Systems have 3 settings for > Gatekeeper: > > 1) Only allow applications distributed through the Mac App Store > 2) Mac Store + Developer signed applications > 3) Let anything run > > It is certainly beyond scope to distribute KiCad builds through the Mac App > Store in the near future. It is not necessarily beyond scope for me to set > up package signing. The main benefit we get is that users will no longer > have to right click on KiCad the first time they open it in order to run the > unsigned application, and our application appears a little more professional. > > Assuming the core team doesn't have philosophical objections to this, there > are some organizational aspects. > > The application needs to be signed by a key we'd get from Apple. There is > likely a $99/yr fee per *developer account* for this. We already have one at > Wayne and Layne. If we used ours to sign the KiCad builds, there would > likely be a place where you'd be able to see our name on the builds, but we > could probably get this going in a few days. > > Alternatively, we could get another developer account just for KiCad. Wayne > and Layne can cover the yearly fee. The application process was actually > kinda lengthy and involved some phone calls, but we can definitely do it. > > I haven't worked with this stuff intimately, actually, so the next step might > be to: > > 1) confirm with the core team that this might be reasonable > 2) I look into it more > > Thoughts?
I think the application needs to be signed, if only to prevent people from clogging the user and developer mailing lists with “OS X WON’T LET ME RUN KICAD!” complaints. I have an Apple developer account and I pay the $99 yearly fee. I should see what is involved with signing an app. -a _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
