unfortunately we wrote it on an Macbook Air, where it worked pretty good. It lags horribly on an MBP retina, we might fix that

The plan is to use github releases from now on, and shorten using git.io

Why does this link need to be shortened at all?

Since the original one is really long; would make the install script even less readable.

Also, git.io allows only shortening github repos; so there should be no harm

> Since the original one is really long; would make the install script even less readable.

Really?

Who do you think your target audience is? I'm sorry, but this is not "really long":

    https://github.com/supermarin/Alcatraz/releases/download/1.0.1/Alcatraz.tar.gz

If you're telling people to run random commands in their terminal that lead to local code execution, then you should trust that they can read a goddamn URL.

If you don't think your user base can read URLs, then you shouldn't be telling them to launch the terminal and run your code.

You are providing an HTTP link to git.io, so it cannot be verified whether I am connecting to the real git.io. This means an attacker can fake himself being git.io very easily (a classic man-in-the-middle attack).

It doesn't matter if git.io can only shorten git urls, as git.io will never be involved in a potential attack.

Using a link shortener is okay, but use one that supports HTTPS.

we will consider bringing it back to 10.8, just after this all launch thing is over

It's like jailbreak for Xcode, that's the metaphor

Er, isn't this the opposite of a metaphor? A metaphor would be the name of a famous prison escape, not a famous prison itself.

Maybe "Morris" would be a better name (Clint Eastwood in Escape From Alcatraz).

If you mkdir -p ~/Library/Developer/Xcode/UserData/FontAndColorThemes/ , does it work then?

You need to install Command line tools from the Preferences pane. After that you should be good to go.

We'll add that notice probably tomorrow.

I have them installed

Shawshank sounds like an awesome name; Alcatraz was just the first one that came to my mind.

It also has File templates. Most likely, it will support snippets soon.

updated install script

Just fixed that issue.