Sign the installers

[Manu]

On Wed, 27 Jun 2018 at 17:24, Manu <turkeyman at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 27 Jun 2018 at 17:16, Jonathan M Davis via Digitalmars-d
> <digitalmars-d at puremagic.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Wednesday, June 27, 2018 16:54:55 Manu via Digitalmars-d wrote:
> > > Hey people,
> > >
> > > So I had a few people in the office refuse to install DMD because when
> > > they launched the installer, Windows displayed the prompt that it was
> > > untrusted (ie, unsigned) and not offer the install button without
> > > manual override.
> > > True also for VisualD.
> > >
> > > Can we get a key and start signing the install packages?
> > >
> > > It would be super-cool to sign the 2.081 release since it's like, imminent
> > > ;)
> >
> > I'm certainly not against getting it signed (though I have no idea what's
> > involved with that). However, I'm surprised that anyone actually pays
> > attention to that or cares.
>
> Windows hides the install button from you, you have to press the
> underlined "More Info" text (at the bottom of the "It's so unsafe
> bro!" blurb), and then "Run Anyway".
> It says "Windows Defender SmartScreen prevented an unrecognized app
> from starting. Running this app might put your PC at risk.", which
> looks threatening!

I guess people feel nervous about installing allegedly potentially
dangerous software on their corporate workstation.