Re: [racket-dev] 8.0 release binary for Windows, SmartScreen

2021-02-24 Thread hashim....@gmail.com
I tried doing the same thing as Alex, as in, dir /p, and got this: C:\Users\hashim\Downloads>dir /r racket-8.0-x86_64-win32-cs.exe Volume in drive C has no label. Volume Serial Number is 92D9-2ACE Directory of C:\Users\hashim\Downloads 24/02/2021 06:03 pm 181,647,576 racket-8.0-x86_64-

Re: [racket-dev] 8.0 release binary for Windows, SmartScreen

2021-02-14 Thread alexha...@gmail.com
There are actually three "warning" dialogs that the user has to pass through: * the first one comes from Edge, as it flags the file as "unsecure download" -- I suspect Edge is more careful about "new files" that it sees, and displays the warning. If the user runs the file, Edge will send the

Re: [racket-dev] 8.0 release binary for Windows, SmartScreen

2021-02-14 Thread 'John Clements' via Racket Developers
That’s an interesting point. One thing to keep in mind is that many of our users are installing DrRacket in educational settings, where the program is to be available to all users. Is it possible to install without admin privileges in a way that makes it available to all users? John > On Feb 1

Re: [racket-dev] 8.0 release binary for Windows, SmartScreen

2021-02-14 Thread Dyllon Gagnier
Still seeing this as of the time of this writing. Edge Dev flags it immediately and other browsers download the file, but then the file is flagged when you try to run it. I filled out the Google Form and just wanted to update on this thread to let people know that this still seems to be an issu

Re: [racket-dev] 8.0 release binary for Windows, SmartScreen

2021-02-12 Thread Dominik Pantůček
On 11. 02. 21 0:14, 'John Clements' via Racket Developers wrote: > Wow, that’s incredibly informative and helpful. Out of curiosity, do you have > any ballpark idea what the number of downloads required for something to be > listed as trusted is? I asked my colleague who was handling this back t

Re: [racket-dev] 8.0 release binary for Windows, SmartScreen

2021-02-11 Thread Juan Carlos Olivo
I'm a Windows user. I'll do my part :-) On Wednesday, February 10, 2021 at 3:44:43 PM UTC-6 dominik@trustica.cz wrote: > Hi John and others at racket-dev, > > > > > 2) If you use Windows and you have experience that would suggest that > we’re somehow misunderstanding this situation, we’d l

Re: [racket-dev] 8.0 release binary for Windows, SmartScreen

2021-02-10 Thread 'John Clements' via Racket Developers
Wow, that’s incredibly informative and helpful. Out of curiosity, do you have any ballpark idea what the number of downloads required for something to be listed as trusted is? John > On Feb 10, 2021, at 1:44 PM, Dominik Pantůček > wrote: > > Hi John and others at racket-dev, > >> >> 2) If

Re: [racket-dev] 8.0 release binary for Windows, SmartScreen

2021-02-10 Thread Dominik Pantůček
Hi John and others at racket-dev, > > 2) If you use Windows and you have experience that would suggest that we’re > somehow misunderstanding this situation, we’d love to hear about it. although I am not using Windows, we've been developing some software that needs direct hardware access for qui

[racket-dev] 8.0 release binary for Windows, SmartScreen

2021-02-10 Thread 'John Clements' via Racket Developers
Hi there, racket-dev! I’m writing to you today on behalf of the racket release team, to ask for your help and your advice. Specifically, the release candidates for racket 8.0 for Windows are currently available at these URLs https://mirror.racket-lang.org/installers/8.0/racket-8.0-x86_64-win32