[SAC] [Qgis-psc] Osgeo Code signing certificates

Fenoy Gerald gerald.fenoy at geolabs.fr
Tue Oct 25 02:22:40 PDT 2016


Dear Jody,
I just would like to remind you that I have tried to attract attention on this specific topic on may this year, please refer to [1].

Best regards,

[1] https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/sac/2016-May/007068.html

> Le 24 oct. 2016 à 20:06, Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com> a écrit :
> 
> Thanks for doing this work Larry, the most recent GeoServer 2.10-RC was signed and runs on mac!
> 
> Next up windows 10 has started cracking down on unsigned apps, so we will need a certificate to sign windows apps, holding up the GeoServer 2.10 release.
> 
> I am going to create a new ticket for this in trac (https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/1813) and hope we can move quickly.
> 
> 
> 
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> Jody Garnett
> 
> On 20 April 2016 at 14:05, Larry Shaffer <larrys at dakotacarto.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Thanks for the quick responses.
> 
> I'll start the process for Mac certificates for applications and installers first. I hope to have things in place by the end of the weekend, including a wiki page.
> 
> Also, it looks like the GeoServer Mac application would benefit from code signing. I will work with William Kyngsburye first on QGIS Mac releases, then with GeoServer team, then on my QGIS Mac nightlies.
> 
> Afterwards, I do not know who would immediately benefit for Mac certificates. GRASS, Marble, Monteverdi3 (OTB) all have Mac apps.
> 
> Then, procuring a code-signing cert that can be used for Windows installers, of which I am not that knowledgeable.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Larry Shaffer
> Dakota Cartography
> Black Hills, South Dakota
> 
> On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 2:41 PM, Nathan Woodrow <madmanwoo at gmail.com> wrote:
> As a non psc member but a owner of some Apple stuff +1 to buying an apple account and doing whatever we need to make this process smooth for users. It only helps to spread the QGIS to more users..
> 
> The Apple situation is what it is and no bashing on them is going to change it so let it be please. If you care about total freedom run a fully FOSS system but a lot of people don't and you will never be able to teach them who to trust, heck I don't even know who to trust FOSS software or not.
> 
> I believe we have the best open source GIS package in the world and should spread it info every place that is possible. Sometimes that means we don't have control over everything.
> 
> So +1 because we have the funds, it's better for users, we loose nothing, quit the Apple bashing, get on with it (not directed at you Larry)
> 
> Nathan.
> 
> 
> On Thu, 21 Apr 2016 4:31 am Tim Sutton <tim at qgis.org> wrote:
> Hi
> 
> From my side (and as a Mac user) I would like to say that I don’t find the discussion below very productive. I would like to see QGIS available to as many users as possible with the best possible experience on all platforms and if we are to do that we need to work within the frameworks of those platforms, even if the mechanisms that those platforms have in place don’t always represent a great culture fit - or simply not support those platforms.
> 
> And -1 from me to charging people for signed QGIS installers on OSX.
> 
> Regards
> 
> Tim
> 
>> On 20 Apr 2016, at 19:43, Larry Shaffer <larrys at dakotacarto.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Dear SAC,
>> 
>> OK, just like last time I brought this up, this has devolved into more lovely Apple bashing.
>> 
>> Who here can make a decision on whether any of the money already OK'd by the OSGeo for code-signing certificates can be used for an Apple Developer account for $99/year (for multiple certs)?
>> 
>> If the OSGeo is unwilling to fund Apple Developer accounts, I will look into a crowd-funding campaign for the QGIS project to solve the problem. Unless, the QGIS project also does not wish to manage it; in which case I will pay for it myself and share the certificates/keys with William Kyngsburye.
>> 
>> Larry Shaffer
>> Dakota Cartography
>> Black Hills, South Dakota
>> 
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