Thanks for the feedback. I will take a look at signing with the Wayne and Layne account and will report back. As long as it doesn't look like we are claiming ownership over KiCad I only want to think about this stuff so much--we all have important things to do :)
Adam Wolf On Oct 6, 2015 3:51 PM, "Wayne Stambaugh" <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >
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