Simon, Thanks for the clarification.
Regards, Marc > On Oct 11, 2019, at 4:55 PM, Simon Urbanek <simon.urba...@r-project.org> > wrote: > > The issue is not the process, the issue is that Apple requires particular way > to build the binaries with particular tools in order to even be able to pass > the notarization process and our current build does not use those. We can't > change the tools in the middle of the release so for R 3.6.x we're stuck with > what we are currently using which Apple doesn't accept. Hence the only hope > is for R 4.0.0 and we're working on that. > > Cheers, > Simon > > > >> On Oct 11, 2019, at 4:39 PM, Marc Schwartz via R-SIG-Mac >> <r-sig-mac@r-project.org> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> I am going to presume that Simon is already aware of this, but there is a >> page on the Apple Dev site that describes the workflow that can be >> implemented/customized to automate the notarization process via scripting: >> >> https://developer.apple.com/documentation/xcode/notarizing_your_app_before_distribution/customizing_the_notarization_workflow >> >> Whether this can be done efficiently to support the nightly builds via the >> current build system would be the question. >> >> Also, with nightly builds, there is a risk of the notarization process >> introducing delays, as just happened: >> >> https://www.macrumors.com/2019/10/10/apple-macos-catalina-app-notarization-slow/ >> >> Regards, >> >> Marc Schwartz >> >> >>> On Oct 11, 2019, at 4:25 PM, Dr Eberhard W Lisse <e...@lisse.na> wrote: >>> >>> You could always issue >>> >>> sudo spctl --master-disable >>> >>> :-)-O >>> >>> el >>> >>> On 2019-10-11 19:59 , Kevin Ushey wrote: >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> I'm seeing the following when I attempt to install R-patched, as from >>>> http://mac.r-project.org/: >>>> >>>> --- >>>> >>>> “R-3.6-branch-el-capitan-signed.pkg” can’t be opened because Apple >>>> cannot check it for malicious software. >>>> >>>> This software needs to be updated. Contact the developer for more >>>> information. >>>> >>>> --- >>>> >>>> I suspect this is pain being imposed by the requirement for notarized >>>> applications / installers. The dialog can be overridden through the >>>> Security & Privacy preferences pane, but Apple does not make this >>>> obvious. >>>> >>>> The official R 3.6.1 installer is not affected; likely because it was >>>> grandfathered in due to its being published before Catalina was rolled >>>> out. >>>> >>>> Are there plans to notarize these builds of R? (can we be helpful in >>>> making that happen?) >>>> >>>> Best, >>>> Kevin >> >> _______________________________________________ >> R-SIG-Mac mailing list >> R-SIG-Mac@r-project.org >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac > _______________________________________________ R-SIG-Mac mailing list R-SIG-Mac@r-project.org https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-mac
