It's easiest if someone "donates" a personal certificate, which then puts their name on the releases (as is done with TortoiseSVN and TortoiseHG, for example). However, without a sponsor organisation it's very hard to get hold of a "trustworthy" certificate (which a personal one is generally not).
Certainly it's not worth it right now, but it may be for the final 2.7 release, since that will presumably be around for a bit. Are there any companies out there that check open-source projects for spyware/etc. and sign them with their own certificate? (Is this a potential business... hmm...) On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 07:49, Jimmy Schementi <[email protected]> wrote: > I'd vote for it not being worth it right now, unless someone wants to donate > the money, and even then it makes things more complex. > ~Jimmy > > > On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 3:39 PM, Dave Wald <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> It would be better for acceptance and evangelistic purposes, in my shop >> anyway, (but that's another story...) >> Hell, I might even chip in a few bucks if need be. >> >> But I really don't care. I trust you guys... ;-) >> >> >> On 2/23/2011 10:58 AM, Jeff Hardy wrote: >>> >>> Older releases of IronPython were authenticode signed (by Microsoft), >>> but so far the community releases have not been. As best I can tell, >>> authenticode certificates are expensive (the cheapest are around >>> $100/year) - I've heard of deals for open source projects but can't >>> find anything by searching. >>> >>> Is it even worth the hassle to get an authenticode cert for releases? >>> It adds a bit of extra polish to the installation, but I doubt many >>> people pay attention to that anyway. >>> >>> - Jeff >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Users mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.ironpython.com/listinfo.cgi/users-ironpython.com >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Users mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.ironpython.com/listinfo.cgi/users-ironpython.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ironpython.com/listinfo.cgi/users-ironpython.com > > _______________________________________________ Users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ironpython.com/listinfo.cgi/users-ironpython.com
