• hi,
    this is not an urgent issue,
    however i myself seldom run unsigned .exe on windows anymore.
    usually from trusted source like github or with a checksum like sha1.

    It cost several hundred euro per year to buy the cert for that signature.
    so FOSS programmers/users (who hate commercial things) usually accept sign using PGP key,
    as in veracrypt:
    https://www.veracrypt.fr/en/Downloads.ht­ml
    Windows:
    EXE Installer: VeraCrypt Setup 1.26.7.exe (PGP Signature)
    MSI Installer (64-bit) for Windows 10 and later: VeraCrypt_Setup_x64_1.26.7.msi (PGP Signature)
    Portable version: VeraCrypt Portable 1.26.7.exe (PGP Signature)
    Debugging Symbols: VeraCrypt_1.26.7_Windows_Symbols.zip (PGP Signature)

    or put onto github, with checksum e.g. sha1.

    these will make the program look more professional, and give users more trust.

    thanks

    ps: myself dont need this standalone IDE, just a suggestion. thx

  • Sorry, that's not something I'm interested in doing - the standalone exe is really there as a fallback for pre-Windows 10 installs (which would be very rare now), and hasn't been updated in a while.

    If someone thinks there is a real concern I could just delete the download but I don't think that is really in anyone's best interests.

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the standalone IDE.exe should better signed with PGP keys or checksums [not urgent]

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