[kid3] [Bug 447441] Version 3.9.0 will not run on Big Sur

[J.F.Lanting]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=447441

--- Comment #4 from J.F.Lanting <J.F.Lanting at inter.NL.net> ---
This is all going above my head;
I'll leave it to more experienced users to do the research.
Btw.: Big Sur did not give me any chance to allow the open;
it said "Bin or cancel".
I'll await the future events.
Happy 2022.
;JFL.

On 24/12/2021 14:12, Urs Fleisch wrote:
> https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=447441
>
> --- Comment #3 from Urs Fleisch <ufleisch at users.sourceforge.net> ---
> I am glad that you like Kid3. Did you have the opportunity to check whether the
> other two packages I mentioned have the same problem? Also I have not heard
> before that it is no longer possible to run an unsigned app by using the "Open"
> action from the Finder or context menu and then selecting "Open" in the
> confirmation dialog. Have you tried that?
>
> At the time of writing this message, kid3-3.9.0-Darwin.dmg has been available
> for less than a week and has been downloaded 1500 times. Since nobody else has
> complained so far, there is a possibility that the program works (unless the
> other 1499 downloaders are undemanding or not using Big Sur).
>
> Concerning the signing of packages: See Bug 422123 to read why I am not willing
> to pay USD 99 every year to a company which really does not need my money. Why
> should projects which are completely free and do not earn any money pay money
> to Apple? Maybe this tax will keep Apple fans from using using "unsecure" open
> source software and limit them to "safe" Apple products. On
> https://kid3.kde.org/#download you will find signatures for all binary
> packages, so you can check if the package was really signed with my GPG key.
> You could also get the source code and build the DMG using the build.sh script
> in the top level source directory, you will also find instructions on how to do
> so on macOS in the comment at the top of this script.
>

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