On 10/6/2015 12:43 PM, Nick Østergaard wrote: > 2015-10-06 16:14 GMT+02:00 Adam Wolf <[email protected]>: >> 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. > > Personally I would not mind it to be signed by Wayne and Layne, > afterall you are donating resources to KiCad, so I don't mind seeing > your name on the certificate related information.
I'm not sure what signing entails on OSX but if it's like signing any other file with your GPG key, I don't see any problem with Wayne and Layne signing the KiCad OSX bundles. > >> 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? >> >> Adam Wolf >> Cofounder and Engineer >> Wayne and Layne >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> Post to : [email protected] >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
