Release 1.8

[kornelski]

Is there any outstanding development blocking release?

Also, shall we do betas?

[jakepetroules]

I think a beta would be a good idea especially since there's been some bigger changes recently (GC > ARC). Do we want the Yahoo! sandboxing support in for 1.8?

[fernandomorgan]

If you need it, I can help in porting the sandbox code - done it twice already, so I can do it a third, and now that it was published, I am free to do it.

for the actual update download, I have been using NSURLConnection, and I much prefer the extra versatility (like being able to resume a download).

Also, in the peer_event_handler in main.m (sandbox_service), during copy maybe it's possible to add other validations? forcing the same app ID maybe?

also, I am looking at adding this flag kSecCSCheckNestedCode to the code signing check (SUCodeSigningVerifier.m)

but this might break apps signed in 10.8 or earlier, before Mavericks code signing changes.

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On Saturday, July 12, 2014 1:45 PM, Jake Petroules [email protected] wrote:

I think a beta would be a good idea especially since there's been some bigger changes recently (GC > ARC). Do we want the Yahoo! sandboxing support in for 1.8?
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[kornelski]

I'd release what we have (ARC + new DSA validation), as that's big enough step already. Release sandbox next?

[jakepetroules]

OK, let's target sandboxing for 1.9 then.

[kornelski]

OK, so I think the only blocking thing is now a test for the new DSA code.

[grouchal]

I am very keen to see the sandboxing work included in a stable release of Sparkle, but from this thread it seems that it will be a while.

To plan for our project can you give any indication of when 1.9 might be released? Is this likely in the next month or two?

I guess the key for that would be when will 1.8 be released, the beta and final? If I read correctly the only thing holding back the 1.8 beta is the DSA Test - is this correct?

Is there anything I can do to assist in completing the 1.8 release so that work can begin in earnest on the 1.9 release?

[kornelski]

@grouchal I see you've found issues with the xpc branch. You can already make a pull request to fix those. Just add it on the yahooxpc branch (and when you make the the PR select sparkle-project/yahooxpc branch as the destination).

[grouchal]

@pornel OK I've created a pull request for the changes on the yahooxpc branch - anything else I can do to help speed things along?

[kornelski]

I've added the test for the DSA verifier (e11f838).

[kornelski]

Please give it a spin: https://github.com/sparkle-project/Sparkle/releases/tag/1.8.0