Re: [Gimp-print-devel] Imprimante Epson

[Walker B. <fo...@wa...>]

I think Catalina is requiring Notarization not just dev signing . . . I’ve had to do this with all pkg installers of late. It's a PITA to say the least.

https://developer.apple.com/documentation/xcode/notarizing_macos_software_before_distribution <https://developer.apple.com/documentation/xcode/notarizing_macos_software_before_distribution>

Best,
Walker


> On Dec 9, 2019, at 3:52 PM, Robert Krawitz <rl...@al...> wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 9 Dec 2019 14:19:47 -0600, Matt Broughton wrote:
>>> On Dec 9, 2019, at 1:59 PM, Matt Broughton <wal...@ma...> wrote:
>>>> On Dec 9, 2019, at 12:00 PM, Solomon Peachy <pi...@sh...> wrote:
>>>> On Mon, Dec 09, 2019 at 11:14:56AM -0600, Matt Broughton wrote:
>>>>> As Steve mentioned, there is brew.  There are also macports.org and 
>>>>> finkproject.org.  They have been around longer than brew.  They both 
>>>>> support Catalina.  
>>>> 
>>>> I don't know if this has been considered in the past, but is packaging 
>>>> gutenprint within brew or macports technically feasible?
>>>> 
>>>> (And if it is, might it be a better approach than a standalone installer?)
>>>> 
>>>> - Solomon
>>> 
>>> I think most Mac users would just abandon Gutenprint.  They shout,
>>> curse, and/or ask what the heck are they referring to?  In my
>>> opinion, it is a pretty heavy burden.  I'm not sure of my
>>> terminology, but I have referred to it as installing a whole
>>> subsystem but without kernel or GUI.  I have used both of them in
>>> the past for a particular purpose and then dumped them.
>>> Personally, I don't think I would use macport.org or
>>> finkproject.com on an ongoing basis.  I would just buy cheap, throw
>>> away printers or use a linux install under virtual machine.  <
>>> /soapbox>
>> 
>> Solomon, I should have prefaced my comments on them being an
>> interesting solution.  Just putting ideas like that out on the list
>> may spark other ideas.  I am sure I was too reactionary to using
>> macports or fink based on my personal experience with therm.
>> 
>> Hmm.  I just took a look at the available ports for macports.  It
>> would seem to be somewhat doable. They do have some gimp-print
>> v4.2.7 drivers and gutenprint 5.3.3 GIMP plugin.  See
>> https://ports.macports.org/ports/category/print/
>> 
>> I would guess that they would need a maintainer.  Even at that,
>> there would be the problem of the complexity for the normal Mac
>> user.
> 
> I definitely don't think that we should use brew or macports as the
> distribution mechanism.  My point is to figure out/ask them what they
> are doing to get working packages on Catalina and go from there.
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