Oh, nice. Sorry, I completely missed third-party download pages. Perhaps, if I noticed it again, I would not have such question. This, combined with publisher name & link drove me to worry :) .
Though usually I also used portableapps builds of known opensource apps without much warning. Though I only kept them ready for use, while never found real use for them :) . Well, became linux user before getting familiar with all floss apps (though got starter like openoffice), yet it was long time until I got geany as main IDE / editor. Though still using vim or mousepad when need speed without IDE-specific features (takes long time to load with C files in default session, which I have full of them). In Mon, 29 Nov 2021 07:42:41 -0600 Oliver <mr.sou...@gmail.com> wrote: > I used to be the maintainer of this project but have since moved on > with my life. Biggest thing is I became a linux user and bought a > laptop so there was little point in using a windows port. John T > Haller is currently maintaining/packaging it. > > The package is open source, and the NSI source code for the program is > available in the Other\Source directory if you would like to check > out the code and compile/build it yourself. > > PortableApps.com (if I remember correctly) lists the publisher for > every app as "geany team" or "firefox team" etc. John had his own > way of doing things (i.e. revision builds always started with 2 for > some reason) and there was no point in arguing with him. > > I never had any issues or qualms trusting packages from > PortableApps.com for the 4/5 years I used them but that was 10+ years > ago - again see point of becoming a linux user. However, I would > happily use packages from there again. > > On Mon, Nov 29, 2021 at 7:30 AM Enrico Tröger > <enrico.troe...@uvena.de> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > >> Some time ago (few years) I searched for portable windows build. > > >> There's one, at PortableApps, but that's what I found now: > > >> https://portableapps.com/apps/development/geany_portable > > >> > > >> What I found previously is for version 1.24: > > >> with filename GeanyPortable_1.24.paf.exe > > >> I don't remember where I got it that time, so I assume it has > > >> same source, although I never used it. I searched it mainly > > >> because learning in university, where machines use windows, so > > >> using portable version was the only way in case of need to get > > >> geany on windows for some reason. But it so happened, that I > > >> never had such need (just carried laptop with myself). > > >> > > >> Now I went across this file and decided to check for updates. > > >> What's interesting - publisher is named 'Geany Team', with url > > >> leading to geany site. However, I found no info, leading to > > >> portableapps, at download page, github tracker and users mailing > > >> lists (though I did not check other lists yet). > > >> > > >> So question - can that publisher be trusted, is it really > > >> related to geany team? > > > > > > AFAIK none of the Geany team are involved in the publication of > > > the portable app, so we have no idea if it is trustworthy or not. > > > > There is definitely no one of the Geany team involved in those > > builds. Many years ago, we had contact with one of the maintainers > > of this portable build package but this does not mean we checked > > the resulting app. Also, since this is long ago, the current > > maintainer might have changed. > > > > > It is mentioned on the website at the "Third Party Packages" > > > page, but that does not mean that it is endorsed by or in any way > > > checked by the Geany project. > > > > Exactly, it is third party and so can only be trusted if you can > > trust the third party. > > > > I'm afraid you need to check yourself if it is acceptable for you > > to use this app or not. We cannot guarantee this package is safe to > > use. > > > > Regards, > > Enrico > > > > -- > > Get my GPG key from https://www.uvena.de/pub.asc > > _______________________________________________ > > Users mailing list > > Users@lists.geany.org > > https://lists.geany.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/users > > _______________________________________________ Users mailing list Users@lists.geany.org https://lists.geany.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/users
