From: Mick C. B. <m.c...@gm...> - 2014-04-03 20:47:50
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I'm certainly open to facilitating this in a manner that is consistent with the trust already earned by the existing developers. Maybe it just needs more automation? -Mick On Thu, Apr 3, 2014 at 3:45 PM, Stas Boukarev <sta...@gm...> wrote: > Mick Charles Beaver <m.c...@gm...> writes: > > > Hi, > > > > I'm not sure who to direct this to, so please forgive me if this is too > > wide of an audience. > > > > I noticed that the Windows binaries are often lagging behind the > releases. > > I would be willing to volunteer to help build them if you need the > > assistance. I have a number of years of experience packaging software, > > though not necessarily for Microsoft Windows. > I think the issue is mostly of trust, many people are trying to help > with binaries, but it's impossible to verify that it doesn't contain any > malicious code (which can be also added without the knowledge of the > packager by a third party virus). > > So, it would be better if already established developers were providing > binaries, unfortunately, none seem to care enough to do so regularly. > > -- > With best regards, Stas. > |