[Qgis-psc] Code signing for Mac version

Paolo Cavallini cavallini at faunalia.it
Tue Sep 29 10:19:08 PDT 2015


Hi all,
Not being an osx user, this makes sense to me.
All the best.

Il 29 settembre 2015 19:07:34 CEST, Sandro Santilli <strk at keybit.net> ha scritto:
>On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 10:45:40AM -0600, Larry Shaffer wrote:
>
>> Currently there is no code signing of drag-drop applications or
>package
>> installers for QGIS, so users have to switch away from the
>recommended
>> default setting to allow any installation (see attachment).
>> 
>> Code signing setup requires:
>> 
>> * Mac developer account with Apple (~$99 USD/year)
>...
>
>> * Should code singing be done? (obviously +1 from me)
>
>To me those who want to use Free Software should get to undersand what
>it means and thus do not rely on trusting Apple as the provider of
>the binary software they use.
>
>I hope there's a way for mac owners to add trust of other authorities,
>say for example OSGeo.org, if this is not the case I'd rather see
>those users pay for downloading a signed version. 100 USD for copy
>might be a good price for that.
>
>--strk;
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