No problem. I don't want us to bang our heads against the wall if the price is a few hundred bucks a year--it feels gross but us getting to work on funner problems than "getting microsoft to like us" is definitely worth that to me :)
Adam Wolf On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 9:21 AM, Wayne Stambaugh <stambau...@gmail.com> wrote: > Adam, > > Thanks for the offer. I'm hoping we can live without giving money to > Microsoft or any of their signing agents for the time being. The idea > of giving them money to use software they did not create rubs me the > wrong way. If our backs are up against the wall, then I will consider it. > > Thanks, > > Wayne > > > > On 2/17/2016 6:21 PM, Adam Wolf wrote: > > I tend to not follow most of the Windows stuff, but if there's a > > financial way we can fix this problem, with a little more certainty than > > "maybe it'll help", please ping me :) > > > > Thanks! > > > > Adam Wolf > > Cofounder and Engineer > > Wayne and Layne > > > > On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 4:58 PM, Nick Østergaard <oe.n...@gmail.com > > <mailto:oe.n...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > > FWIW, I tried to run the Windows App Certification Kit on the > > installer and it errored with an invalid "Publisher" property. And I > > can see in my nsis script that that variable is empty so I have tried > > to enter something there now, and I will retest tomorrow to see if > > that fixes that single issue. I think that was the only thing that > was > > marked as failed, there were a couple of warnings. > > > > 2016-02-17 23:48 GMT+01:00 Mark Roszko <mark.ros...@gmail.com > > <mailto:mark.ros...@gmail.com>>: > > > It's hard to say, Microsoft keeps quiet on most details. EV > > > code-signing certs supposedly are given "good" reputation > immediately. > > > EV certs cost $$$ and require a legal business registration > > > (+identification to prove it to the CA). > > > > > > But that's the theory because they also say: > > > "Other factors are considered when generating reputation and > > > determining product experiences and EV-signed programs will be > closely > > > monitored over time." > > > > > > > > > So they can shitlist your EV cert anyway for things as simple as > > > "Windows has detected the installer did not complete" messages that > > > are kind of typical on bad setups :/ They do base things on on the > > > telemetry windows gathers. > > > > > > > > > Other than that's it's not difficult or anything to sign the builds > > > with a different certificate since its just a single command line > once > > > the cert is in the server's certificate store. > > > > > > So its mostly the money and risk factor (that it doesn't work). > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > > Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
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