[QGIS-Developer] Question about Mac Installer

[William Kyngesburye]

I still need to figure out the signing.  I'll probably do it for v3 release.

One small hitch I'm thinking about is the separate GDAL Complete - I think it would be a bit odd to sign GDAL with a QGIS dev cert, so I am considering making a truly all-in-one QGIS, but I really want GDAL as a separate package because I use it a lot outside QGIS.  There is also the external Python 3 that is not signed, which I may also bundle in the QGIS app, and additional python modules which are not signed.  Though loaded as a library to QGIS, I don't know if that matters.

In the end, even if I make an all-in-one QGIS, I'd still have a separate GDAL installer for those that need it, which wouldn't be signed, along with my Postgres/PostGIS stack (which uses GDAL Complete), also not signed.  So many users would still need to fuss with the macOS security to get that stuff installed and running.

> On Jan 31, 2018, at 2:45 PM, Tim Sutton <tim at kartoza.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi
> 
>> On 31 Jan 2018, at 18:55, Alex M <tech_dev at wildintellect.com <mailto:tech_dev at wildintellect.com>> wrote:
>> 
>> Question 1.
>> The QGIS.org <http://qgis.org/> download page
>> https://qgis.org/en/site/forusers/download.html <https://qgis.org/en/site/forusers/download.html> says:
>> "This version requires separate installation of dependency framework
>> (GDAL Complete) , also found at the download link below."
>> 
>> Kyngchaos says http://www.kyngchaos.com/software/qgis <http://www.kyngchaos.com/software/qgis>
>> "All required items are included on the disk image."
>> 
>> Which is it? I don't actually have a Mac to test, trying to download
>> files to take to others who need it.
> 
> Its kind of both. For convenience, Willian (Kyngchaos) has included all needed installer packages in the QGIS download archive. So simply download it, open the DMG and install each package as indicated by the README inside the DMG.
> 
>> 
>> Question 2.
>> Kyngchaos page states
>> "Install Note: OS X security may block installation, as I'm not an
>> "identified developer" (ie not paying Apple to develop software)."
>> 
>> Didn't OSGeo buy an Apple Signing cert just for issues like this?
> 
> Defer to Jürgen’s answer on this.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Tim
> 
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Alex
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