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Update Docs on Mac Signing; Current Docs Are Old

See original GitHub issue

NWJS Version : latest is 0.27.1 as of right now Operating System : Mac

Expected behavior

The docs should explain the current best practice on signing Mac apps made with nw.js.

Actual behavior

The docs on the Mac App Store are unclear and possibly invalid.

where should users find build_mas.py? The only place I could find them was in a custom branch in the repo.
there hasn’t been a MAS build of nw.js for nearly a year. It’s not clear whether these instructions are still valid. Perhaps we should put a “last updated as of version” comment at the top of the page.
Instructions should be oriented toward signing to get past gatekeeper, with an additional section on the Mac App Store, since most users distributing applications for mac will need to get past gatekeeper, but only a small subset of those users will distribute through the mac app store.
Instructions should include a section about how to sign if you need a native messaging application included.

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Created 6 years ago
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rogerwangcommented, Dec 12, 2017

The link is in the official doc you referred to: http://dl.nwjs.io/v0.19.5-mas-beta/

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@rogerwang https://github.com/rogerwang where can the MAS build be acquired? I don’t see it listed here: https://dl.nwjs.io/

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codekilncommented, Aug 30, 2018

FYI - while the type of signing might not be suitable for the mac app store (untested), I have a PR up for nwjs-builder-phoenix that adds regular signing to mac and windows.