[kstars] [Bug 454493] Missing code signature in version 3.5.9

[Rob]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=454493

--- Comment #1 from Rob <rlancaste at gmail.com> ---
If you would like a version of KStars with a code signature, you can get the
builds produced by craft on a daily basis.  

https://binary-factory.kde.org/view/MacOS/job/KStars_Release_macos/

I have been working hard to get craft to build Kstars automatically instead of
the builds I have been doing on my own machine for the last several years since
I ported KStars to make it work on a Mac.  They do somehow put a code signature
on it.  Unfortunately, those builds do not include the QuickStart guide that I
made, nor do they have the documentation that I have included for years with
the official builds.  I may get craft to do that in the future, in which case
we could just use craft to build it instead of me having to do it myself.  But
as of now, I think those things are really important.

As for my build having a code signature, I believe in order for me to be able
to do that, I would need to pay Apple $100 a year for the privilege.  It isn't
really a lot of money in the grand scheme of things, but that just seems wrong
to me for us to invest huge amounts of time to volunteer to create free open
source software and then to have to pay your own money on a yearly basis to
code sign it.   And then there is the additional issue that you are code
signing code that was written by both you and others, so can you really
guarantee the code written by the other people?  That is like taking
responsibility for it.  So I am not sure that this would be the best plan.  If
you have a solution to these issues, I would be glad to hear about it.

In the QuickStart guide, I have instructions about how to handle the fact that
there is no code signature since it is open source software and it does work
well.

Thanks,

Rob

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