On 10/25/12 10:28 PM, "Martin Hewitson" <martin.hewit...@aei.mpg.de> wrote:
>On Oct 26, 2012, at 6:04 AM, Graham Cox <graham....@bigpond.com> wrote: > >> >> On 26/10/2012, at 8:24 AM, Jayson Adams <jay...@circusponies.com> wrote: >> >>> The catch is that the lovely folks at the MAS will not actually >>>approve any app that uses these special entitlements. And helpfully, as >>>part of their condescending lecture to you, they will refer you to >>>documentation that makes it sound like you can use special entitlements >>>if you have a good reason. >> >> >> The communication between the MAS staff and developers is absolutely >>shocking. I would go as far as to say it's the worst I've experienced >>from Apple since I first had dealings with them in the mid 80s. They >>come across as arrogant, "jobsworths", pedantic and robotic, with no >>interest in helping developers solve problems. > >Can't agree more. Though it also seems to be somewhat inconsistent. I had >another app rejected a couple of months ago for different sandbox issues, >so I asked questions via the resolution center and received useful >answers. In fact, the conversation went on for a few posts back and >forth. But in general, the feedback almost feels entirely automated and >close to useless. > >Martin Martin, Have you sent feedback via this link? It would be good if your experiences were relayed to the right people. https://developer.apple.com/contact/sandboxing/index.php I found that link on this page: https://developer.apple.com/devcenter/mac/app-sandbox/ Chuck > >> >> This may not be the place to make this point, but there are no proper >>channels available to complain; that is part of the problem. Something >>needs to be done as it seems to be seriously souring developer >>relations. I'm certain my own experiences are not an isolated case, but >>unless we share our experiences about this, the scale of the problem >>can't be known. >> >> --Graham >> >> _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
