[sword-devel] MacSword and Mac AppStore

[Manfred Bergmann]

Hi Jonathan.

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>
> 	Jonathan Morgan <mailto:jonmmorgan at gmail.com>
> 29. Januar 2011 13:43
>
>
> Hi Manfred,
>
> Some comments.
>
> On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 11:02 PM, Manfred Bergmann 
> <manfred.bergmann at me.com <mailto:manfred.bergmann at me.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hi Guys.
>
>     I think it is relatively unlikely to succeed putting
>     MacSword/Eloquent in the Mac AppStore.
>     The main stumbling blocks are:
>
>     - the module installer:
>     Apple doesn't allow "Apps that download or install additional code
>     or resources to add functionality or change their primary purpose
>     will be rejected"
>
>     - creating the links for the module utilities in /usr/local/bin.
>     For that we aquire admin priviledges via an Apple API but allow
>     doesn't allow that either:
>     "Apps that request escalation to root privileges or use setuid
>     attributes will be rejected"
>
>
> I'm not sure that you would want the module utilities installed with 
> Eloquent anyway (assuming you mean the SWORD command line utilities).  
> I suspect the majority of users want to be able to read books other 
> people have created, not work on creating their own, so making them 
> install the module creation tools seems the wrong thing to do anyway.
Well. The SWORD command line utils come bundled with Eloquent. I thought 
it'd be a good idea to give some support to module developers. There are 
no precompiled utilities for Mac available elsewhere.
It's not absolutely necessary to create symbolic links to /usr/local/bin 
though, or as Nic suggested create a special version which I did anyway 
to remove/add the Sparkle updater.
>
>     - finally Apps are only allowed to create folders in the
>     filesystem that reflect the name of the App. We create a "Sword"
>     folder where the modules are stored.
>     Apple says we do not "comply with the Mac OS X File System
>     documentation".
>
>
> Is this only top-level directory?  In other words, can you create a 
> directory like Eloquent/SWORD?  If so, I'm not sure that I see the 
> problem.  If not, I think it's far too over restrictive (it's not at 
> all uncommon to create directories like "data" in your apps personal 
> configuration directory to organise the files a bit better, and its 
> certainly not going to confuse those files with other files).
It is a top-level directory under "~/Application Support" where Eloquent 
creates "Eloquent" (which is OK) and "Sword" folder for the modules.
Creating "Eloquent/Sword" would be OK but "Sword" is shared with 
BibleDesktop and Alkitab and is the default SWORD module folder.


Manfred
>
> Jon
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> 	Manfred Bergmann <mailto:manfred.bergmann at me.com>
> 29. Januar 2011 13:02
>
>
> Hi Guys.
>
> I think it is relatively unlikely to succeed putting MacSword/Eloquent 
> in the Mac AppStore.
> The main stumbling blocks are:
>
> - the module installer:
> Apple doesn't allow "Apps that download or install additional code or 
> resources to add functionality or change their primary purpose will be 
> rejected"
>
> - creating the links for the module utilities in /usr/local/bin. For 
> that we aquire admin priviledges via an Apple API but allow doesn't 
> allow that either:
> "Apps that request escalation to root privileges or use setuid 
> attributes will be rejected"
>
> - finally Apps are only allowed to create folders in the filesystem 
> that reflect the name of the App. We create a "Sword" folder where the 
> modules are stored.
> Apple says we do not "comply with the Mac OS X File System 
> documentation".
>
>
> Nic, did you have similar issues (module installer and filesystem)?
>
> I'm not willing to remove this from the App and If Apple doesn't 
> except explanations for those then AppStore is a "no go".
>
>
>
>
> Manfred
>
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