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And the day they prevent power users from running whatever apps they want, will be the last day I use a macOS. So right now the chances of Sigil getting anything notarized by Apple for its new walled garden on macOS is about 0.
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I asked Apple's Developer Relations (who said if I had questions I should ask them) for simple directions on how to do this without XCode and its nonsense baggage and my only response was that I should ask for help from other developers on their developer's forums.
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We build Sigil across 3 platforms (Windows, Linux, and Mac) and build automation is crucial. No command line instructions were posted so no automating the build process with scripts can be done. Then to add insult to injury the Apple dev docs to do all of this are only provided for XCode IDE "novice" developers who need gui hand holding. As well as all previous releases of Sigil that I have signed. Then I must "submit" it for them to quote "notarize" it. So this "notarization" is a complete waste as any user added plugin could access whatever they want in python. Sigil also embeds an entire Python 3.7.2 interpreter and allows full Plugins, I can not even begin to "narrow down" what a plugin should do nor limit it. Given Sigil is an ebook editing environment, it needs to access Photos, Images, Audio, Video, xhtml files anyplace, etc. I must now rebuild and relink my app to enable their special runtime and then to declare "limits" of what the app can do and what files/folders it can access. They make no exceptions for open source developers.Īccording to a nastigram I received from Apple Developer Relations. That said, Apple still charges me over $100 Canadian per year just to be able to digitally sign Sigil. Sigil does not use the Mac App store as we have no interest in it. Right now I volunteer my time as a Sigil developer (all donations are disabled on our site). This is actually an important issue for Sigil.