Re: Homebrew Gatekeeper Warning

Eberhard W Lisse <[email protected]> Thu, 7 May 2026 09:57:18 +0200
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Get yourselves developer credentials, and figure out a way for us to fork o=
ver 495 USD for 5 years worth of license, please.

We have been using this for at least 20 years in production...

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On May 7, 2026 at 02:09 +0200, Greg Troxel <[email protected]>, wrote:
> Eberhard W Lisse <[email protected]> writes:
>
> > On Homebrew I get
> >
> > Warning: unison-app has been deprecated because it does not pass the
> > macOS Gatekeeper check! It will be disabled on 2026-09-01.
> >
> > now, which probably means you guys don't have a developer license (key)=
.
>
> The unison project indeed has no apple credentials.
>
> > How much is the ransom for this?
>
> I have no idea.
>
> I suspect the actual binary or .app package or whatever has to be
> signed. The unison project releases source, and there are CI builds for
> testing, often useful for others.
>
> I would talk to homebrew people about this. I don't know what Apple is
> doing, but homebrew is likely dealing with whatever the new rules are
> across a wide variety of upstreams.
>
> Please also contact apple support and report this as a bug. It's
> obvious that a computer's owner should be able to decide what to run.

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<div name=3D"messageReplySection">On May 7, 2026 at 02:09 +0200, Greg Troxe=
l &lt;[email protected]&gt;, wrote:<br />
<blockquote type=3D"cite">Eberhard W Lisse &lt;[email protected]&gt; writes:<br /=
>
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<blockquote type=3D"cite" style=3D"border-left-color: grey; border-left-wid=
th: thin; border-left-style: solid; margin: 5px 5px;padding-left: 10px;">On=
 Homebrew I get<br />
<br />
Warning: unison-app has been deprecated because it does not pass the<br />
macOS Gatekeeper check! It will be disabled on 2026-09-01.<br />
<br />
now, which probably means you guys don't have a developer license (key).<br=
 /></blockquote>
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The unison project indeed has no apple credentials.<br />
<br />
<blockquote type=3D"cite" style=3D"border-left-color: grey; border-left-wid=
th: thin; border-left-style: solid; margin: 5px 5px;padding-left: 10px;">Ho=
w much is the ransom for this?<br /></blockquote>
<br />
I have no idea.<br />
<br />
I suspect the actual binary or .app package or whatever has to be<br />
signed. The unison project releases source, and there are CI builds for<br =
/>
testing, often useful for others.<br />
<br />
I would talk to homebrew people about this. I don't know what Apple is<br /=
>
doing, but homebrew is likely dealing with whatever the new rules are<br />
across a wide variety of upstreams.<br />
<br />
Please also contact apple support and report this as a bug. It's<br />
obvious that a computer's owner should be able to decide what to run.<br />=
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