On Jul 27, 2006, at 3:25 AM, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote:
Please, can we end this thread before people start bringing up
black helicopters and the Knights Templar too? OpenDarwin has
decided to shut down. It was a sovereign project and not under
Apple's control, so all these conspiracy theories linking it to
Apple's own open source plans are baseless and don't add any value
to the darwin-dev mailing list. Apple's own open source page,
http://developer.apple.com/opensource/, is right where it's always
been and continues to provide various open source resources to the
community. When and if we make any changes to our open source
offerings or services, you'll hear about it through the appropriate
apple.com channels, not opendarwin or slashdot!
So what's the status of xnu on x86? How is it appropriate for pieces
of Darwin to disappear without any guidance on what's happening for
months at a time? I realize that WWDC is coming up, but why hasn't
there been any statement on what's happening with xnu on x86?
Note that I'm not making any value judgment on the usefulness of xnu
on x86 to a broad population, but this seems to indicate that Darwin
components can and will disappear at will without any announcement,
communication, or warning from Apple. Even if xnu source for x86
reappears at WWDC and/or with Leopard, we still had a half a year of
limbo - how can enterprises, organizations, or individuals depending
on Darwin components continue to depend upon them in good faith?
And yes, I'm well aware of the fact that many folks feel they
aren't getting as much information as they'd like, or in as timely
a fashion as they'd like, through those same apple.com channels but
try and be patient all the same. We're all working as hard as we
can within certain constraints here.
Can you explain to us a little why Apple feels it can't even comment
on things that are seemingly as simple as what is going on with
sources for certain projects within Apple's ostensibly established
open source policy?
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