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dynobo / normcap

OCR powered screen-capture tool to capture information instead of images
https://dynobo.github.io/normcap/
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Old version of the application in Microsoft Store :( #516

Open Pawwwle opened 1 year ago

Pawwwle commented 1 year ago

Describe your problem:

The old version of the application 0.4.0 is available in the Microsoft Store.

Solution you'd like to see:

Please make the latest version of the app available for download in the Microsoft Store. At this point it is version 0.4.4.

Alternatives you considered:

No response

Additional information or remarks:

Your application is very good. Make sure you share the latest version so people don't get discouraged.

dynobo commented 1 year ago

I'm planning to publish the upcoming v0.5.0 final to the Microsoft Store again.

Sorry, if I can't keep the packages there up to date. Unfortunately, it is quite cumbersome to update a version in the Microsoft Store, involving manual steps, waiting for approvals, sometimes process changes etc... :slightly_frowning_face:

dynobo commented 11 months ago

I just tried to publish a the new NormCap version in the Microsoft Store, but unfortunately found out that they have changed their publication policy:

Your submission does not have a valid code signing certificate.

On June 16, 2022 we announced an update to Store policy. Win32 apps are required to be digitally signed, with a code signing certificate that chains up to a certificate issued by a Certificate Authority (CA) that is part of the Microsoft Trusted Root Program.

New app submissions will not be allowed without an appropriate signature after May 1, 2023. Existing apps must be updated to include a digital signature per this policy before January 15, 2024.

Previously, all Microsoft Store apps (native UWPs for example) were hosted and signed by the Microsoft Store and received a Microsoft signature. With the change to our policy enabling Win32 apps to be listed in the Microsoft Store, and the removal of the waitlist for submitting Win32s, the new policy requires those apps to be digitally signed, and ensures all apps that customers acquire and download from the Microsoft Store have a trusted digital certificate.

So it is now required to sign the file using a CA trusted by MS.

Does anyone know, if this is possible for free somehow? (Paying private companies for being able to publish non-profit FOSS software on a proprietary store somehow doesn't feel right to me...)