Its very easy to sign via command tools. Google has several examples. On Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 12:36 PM, Andy Peters <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > 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 >
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