Re: Apple Opens Up: Kernel, Mac OS Forge, iCal Server, Bonjour, Launchd

Hmmmm...

> Source code for the kernel of Mac OS X 10.4.7 for Intel are now  
> available. Several changes were made in order to publish the kernel  
> (xnu) sources. As a result, the kernel built from these sources  
> differs from the one found in the 10.4.7 software update. In order  
> to accommodate these changes, several kernel extensions were also  
> modified and must be downloaded and installed in order to run a  
> kernel built from these sources on Mac OS X 10.4.7 for Intel.
>
> Kernel sources are available as xnu-792.10.96. Stay tuned for  
> detailed instructions for building and installing the kernel for  
> Intel.


Pretty vague. Doesn't really describe what these changes were...  
hmmmmm.....




On Aug 7, 2006, at 10:59 PM, Lance Westerhoff wrote:

>
> People tend to confuse xnu and Darwin anyway, so perhaps that's the  
> reason (ie: xnu is the kernel to the darwin OS)..
>
> They still refer to Darwin on the following site:
>
> http://developer.apple.com/opensource/overview.html
>
> See the following site for a bit more info on the kernel.  It will  
> "take time" to fully document the build process:
>
> http://kernel.macosforge.org/
>
>
>
> On Aug 7, 2006, at 10:48 PM, Joe Auty wrote:
>
>> Interesting, they aren't calling it "Darwin" either.. I'm assuming  
>> this kernel is the actual OS X 10.4.7 kernel - the same kernel  
>> that ships in OS X today?
>>
>>
>> On Aug 7, 2006, at 9:01 PM, Lance Westerhoff wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Ok, that really didn't come across right.  Sorry about that.
>>>
>>> The good news is that Kernel source for Intel is now available  
>>> <STOP>
>>>
>>> By the way, there is now a potential home for all of those  
>>> OpenDarwin.org projects with no home <STOP>
>>>
>>> My excitement got the better of me I guess!
>>>
>>> -Lance
>>>
>>>
>>> On Aug 7, 2006, at 8:58 PM, Lance Westerhoff wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Good news folks!
>>>>
>>>>> B. New "Mac OS Forge" for Community Projects
>>>>>
>>>>> Mac OS Forge, a new community site hosted by Apple, is being  
>>>>> created to support WebKit and other open source projects  
>>>>> focused on Mac OS X, especially those looking to transition  
>>>>> from OpenDarwin.org.
>>>>>
>>>>> <http://www.macosforge.org/>
>>>>
>>>> Perhaps this is a good sign for all of those OpenDarwin.org  
>>>> projects with no home!
>>>>
>>>> -Lance
>>>> ____________________
>>>> Lance M. Westerhoff, Ph.D.
>>>> General Manager
>>>> QuantumBio Inc.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Begin forwarded message:
>>>>
>>>>> From: Ernest Prabhakar <[email protected]>
>>>>> Date: August 7, 2006 7:15:51 PM EDT
>>>>> To: [email protected], [email protected]
>>>>> Subject: Apple Opens Up: Kernel, Mac OS Forge, iCal Server,  
>>>>> Bonjour, Launchd
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>
>>>>> In conjunction with this week's Developer Conference, we have  
>>>>> four great pieces of news for Open Source developers:
>>>>>
>>>>> A. Intel Kernel Sources
>>>>>
>>>>> As of today, we are posting buildable kernel sources for Intel- 
>>>>> based Macs alongside the usual PowerPC (and other Intel)  
>>>>> sources, starting with Mac OS X 10.4.7. We regret the delay in  
>>>>> readying the new kernel for release, and thank you for your  
>>>>> patience.
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.opensource.apple.com/darwinsource/tarballs/apsl/ 
>>>>> xnu-792.10.96.tar.gz
>>>>>
>>>>> B. New "Mac OS Forge" for Community Projects
>>>>>
>>>>> Mac OS Forge, a new community site hosted by Apple, is being  
>>>>> created to support WebKit and other open source projects  
>>>>> focused on Mac OS X, especially those looking to transition  
>>>>> from OpenDarwin.org.
>>>>>
>>>>> <http://www.macosforge.org/>
>>>>>
>>>>> C. New Open Source Calendaring Server
>>>>>
>>>>> In order to encourage community participation, source code to  
>>>>> the new iCal Server in Leopard Server is now available on Mac  
>>>>> OS Forge under the Apache License.*
>>>>>
>>>>> <http://collaboration.macosforge.org/>
>>>>>
>>>>> D. Apache-Licensed Bonjour and Launchd sources
>>>>>
>>>>> To further enable and encourage cross-platform adoption, the  
>>>>> APSL** sources for Bonjour service discovery and Launchd  
>>>>> process management are being re-released under the Apache  
>>>>> License and hosted on Mac OS Forge:
>>>>>
>>>>> <http://bonjour.macosforge.org/>
>>>>> <http://launchd.macosforge.org/>
>>>>>
>>>>> Apple is more excited than ever about the power of Open Source  
>>>>> development to create value for our (and your) products and  
>>>>> customers. I'll be offline much of this week due to WWDC, but I  
>>>>> look forward to working with all of you as we move forward to  
>>>>> Leopard.
>>>>>
>>>>> Sincerely,
>>>>> Ernest Prabhakar
>>>>> Open Source Product Manager, Apple
>>>>> WWDC 2006, Aug 7-11, San Francisco
>>>>> <http://developer.apple.com/wwdc>
>>>>>
>>>>> * Apache License, Version 2.0
>>>>> <http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html>
>>>>>
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>>>>> <http://www.opensource.apple.com/apsl/2.0.txt>
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