[Rails-devel] Mac OS installation

[Stefan F. <ste...@we...>]

All:
as noted in the previous release announcement, creating a signed 
installer for Mac OS is currently only possible on a Mac OS system itself.

MacAppBundle (https://github.com/crotwell/gradle-macappbundle) allows to 
sign the created bundle, however this relies on a program called 
codesign, which is only available on a Mac OS system.

So if we need someone with a Mac OS system, who is able to run a gradle 
build on that system. The main issue is to install git/gradle on a Mac 
OS system, after that everything should run pretty automatic.

Martin: If I remember correctly, you had a Mac notebook that you use to 
hack on Rails? Would it be possible to give it a try?

There are non-open source, however free-of-charge alternatives like 
JWrapper and install4j who allow (native) signing for Mac OS (and 
Windows) installers.

Stefan