kicad-developers team mailing list archive

[Nick Østergaard <oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx>]

2015-10-06 16:14 GMT+02:00 Adam Wolf <adamwolf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> 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 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     : kicad-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers
> More help   : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
>