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The developer has every right to support or abandon whatever platforms they want. But there’s some FUD here: 1. There is no review step. Notarization is an au
by swatcoder 7y ago
The developer has every right to support or abandon whatever platforms they want.
But there’s some FUD here:
1. There is no review step. Notarization is an automated process that takes about an hour. It doesn’t require a substantive change to your build process. You just submit your build, get a notary receipt file back from Apple about an hour later, and “staple” it to your build using a single tool. It’s not burdensome.
2. The system requirements for preparing a build for notarizarion are pretty liberal if you look at actual hardware usage. Of course some machines fall off the bottom, but it’s not like they’re trying to drive revenue with this. It’s like a teardrop in the ocean.
3. All of this is even less burdensome on developers who follow any kind of process for testing. You would already have a capable machine being used for testing, and would already be seeing delay between your builds being prepared and your distributions going out. Apple’s part of notarization could happen while testing is in process, meaning zero delay. If this doesn’t apply to you, fine. But it probably means you weren’t treating the platform all that seriously in the first place.
- Aeolun 7y ago> It’s not burdensome As defined by who? 1. Submit build 2. Wait an hour 3. Retrieve notary receipt 4. Staple to correct build 5. Upload build Sure sounds more burdensome to me than: 1. Upload build Edit: Lol, people arguing with reality. It may or may not be a good thing, but arguing that it doesn’t add any burden to the developer seems hard to me.
- qtplatypus 7y agoWouldn't you have jenkins (or whatever your build system is) do that all for you?
- leokennis 7y agoYou know what's also a burden? Writing a good game. So I'll just write a shitty one to decrease burden. Isn't burden the thing you're actually getting paid for when you sell the game? If adding 2 steps to your build process is such a burden that it results in you not supporting an entire platform, you're either lazy or looking for an excuse.
- rcruzeiro 7y agoYour last point pretty much sums it all up. The dev seems to be basically looking for an excuse to drop the platform.
- htfu 7y agoAs far as I can tell they never supported it in the first place. Entire thing is really weird.