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0 pointsjosteink6y ago0 comments

> App signing has always been inexplicably horrible;

Maybe on Mac. On Windows you just run signtool.exe and you're done.

> I require that my tools do what I tell them, not the other way around.

Sounds like you'll be glad once you can ditch that old Mac and get a proper Linux dev-machine ;)

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The problem on Windows is getting and/or renewing your authenticode certificate. Dealing with the certificate authority is like spending time in a Gerorge Orwell novel.

josteinkOP6y ago

But unlike with Mac, you are free to shop in the market for the least Orwellian CA, because there’s more than just one.

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tonyedgecombe6y ago

The problem on Windows is getting and/or renewing your authenticode certificate. Dealing with the certificate authority is like spending time in a Gerorge Orwell novel.

josteinkOP6y ago

But unlike with Mac, you are free to shop in the market for the least Orwellian CA, because there’s more than just one.

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