Re: Signing apps on Google Play store

["Zeeshan Ali (Khattak)" <zeeshanak gnome org>]

Hi Frederic,

Thanks for the quick reply.

On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 6:59 AM, Frederic Peters <fpeters gnome org> wrote:
> Hi Cosimo, Ankit, Zeeshan, and board,
>
> > It's my understanding that the process of publishing an application on
> > Google Play involves creating a master key for the organization. Would the
> > release-team be interested in helping out with this and holding the secret
> > keys/creating a process for publishing applications of this kind?
> > Ankit already said that he volunteers to maintain and release the
> > application, so that part of the process would not be different from what
> > we currently have for regular modules.
> >
> > Any feedback appreciated!
>
> (just my opinion)
>
> I wouldn't want a Google account to be a required part for some of the
> duties of the release team. (certainly I would fail that duty).

Could you please expand a bit on why that is a problem? If you having
an account for yourself is an issue, I think we can arrange for an
account for GNOME that all r-t members will have access to?

> Also, while all is well when maintainers are active (and I am sure
> Ankit would be) the release team does have to build and release things
> when they become inactive.

Not necessarily. This app is not an integral part of our platform and
hence bugs etc won't affect our releases. In the end, it's a pretty
simple app so I don't think maintenance would be a big burden to
carry.

-- 
Regards,

Zeeshan Ali (Khattak)
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