[R-SIG-Mac] R 3.6.2 installer / Catalina / Notarization

[Bob Rudis]

It's definitely showing for me on https://cran.r-project.org/bin/macosx/

> On Dec 13, 2019, at 12:53, Roy Mendelssohn - NOAA Federal <roy.mendelssohn using noaa.gov> wrote:
> 
> Yes but I don't see the installer on the CRAN site, I only see the installer for 3.6.1.  Am I missing something?  Not a complaint,  just don't see it?  I did clear my caches.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -Roy
> 
> 
>> On Dec 13, 2019, at 9:51 AM, Bob Rudis <bob using rud.is> wrote:
>> 
>> 3.6.2 was released on the 12th and it's been on all the CRAN mirrors I, er, "monitor", including the cran.r-project.org site (https://cran.r-project.org/bin/macosx/R-3.6.2.pkg).
>> 
>>> On Dec 13, 2019, at 12:49, rmendelss gmail <rmendelss using gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Is this on the CRAN page?  Am I missing something?
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> 
>>> -Roy
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On Dec 13, 2019, at 9:39 AM, Simon Urbanek <simon.urbanek using r-project.org> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Bob,
>>>> 
>>>> thanks - oddly, it didn't show when I tested it on Catalina, there must be a flag somewhere. As discussed before we cannot notarize any version of R before 4.0.0 so Catalina users have to either stick to 3.5.1 (since Apple has grand-fathered installers create before Catalina) or use the Ctrl+click way to install R 3.6.2.
>>>> 
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Simon
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> On Dec 13, 2019, at 12:30 PM, Bob Rudis <bob using rud.is> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> While easily remedied via right-click + open, out-of-the-box installer gives the Apple daft (and technically incorrect since Apple could most certainly check it for malicious software):
>>>>> 
>>>>> “R-3.6.2.pkg” can’t be opened because Apple cannot check it for malicious software.
>>>>> 
>>>>> message.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Here's what spctl returns:
>>>>> 
>>>>> $ spctl -a -vv -t install R-3.6.2.pkg
>>>>> R-3.6.2.pkg: rejected
>>>>> source=Unnotarized Developer ID
>>>>> origin=Developer ID Installer: Simon Urbanek (VZLD955F6P)
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> NOTE: R & R.app work fine once installed.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Not sure if this is going to cause consternation in "corporate" environments.
>>>>> 
>>>>> -boB
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