Hi All-

While this email from Ernie was directed at someone else on the  
darwin-dev@apple list, it is still pertinent to the discussion at  
hand:  effectively, sit tight while they finish up the WWDC.

Ernie specifically says:  "The urgent priority is making sure we have  
a home for those projects needing to transition off OpenDarwin..."

-Lance


Begin forwarded message:

>  From: Ernest Prabhakar <prabhaka@[...].com>
>  Date: August 8, 2006 1:12:56 PM EDT
>  To: Will Barton <wb@[...].com>
>  Cc: darwin-dev@[...].com
>  Subject: Re: Apple Opens Up: Mac OS Forge
> 
>  Hi Will,
> 
>  We're all pretty buried with WWDC, but we definitely plan to  
>  provide more information once things quiet down.  The urgent  
>  priority is making sure we have a home for those projects needing  
>  to transition off OpenDarwin, as well as Apple's new initiatives  
>  like calendaring.  Long term, we're looking to the community to  
>  find out what -they- need Mac OS X Forge to be, relative to the  
>  many other wonderful hosting options available.
> 
>  Best,
>  -- Ernie P.
> 
>  On Aug 8, 2006, at 8:33 AM, Will Barton wrote:
> 
> >
> > On Aug 7, 2006, at 7:15 PM, Ernest Prabhakar wrote:
> >
> >> 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/>
> >
> > I have a couple of questions as to the nature of Mac OS Forge.   
> > It's unclear exactly what the relationship of Mac OS Forge is to  
> > Apple from the website or this announcement.  It is also unclear  
> > as to how the mentioned "other open source projects" (presumably,  
> > external to Apple) would go about being hosted at Mac OS Forge, if  
> > they desired.
> >
> > The second question really goes back to the first in a few ways,  
> > namely whether an open source project would have to meet some kind  
> > of standard of a focus on Mac OS X, and whether that judgement is  
> > made within Apple, by members of the community that Mac OS Forge  
> > hopes to attract, or some other process altogether, and what  
> > degree of transparency can be expected.  Transparency is pretty  
> > important in building a healthy community, in my very humble opinion.
> >
> > I recognize that Mac OS Forge is new, and there are probably a lot  
> > of related issues that need ironing out, but the website is just a  
> > little bit vague on actual details.  I do apologize ahead of time  
> > if all this information is to be made clear in the near future.
> >
> > As to the rest of the announcements, xnu is definitely welcomed,  
> > as is the Apache licensing of Bonjour and Launchd!
> >
> > -Will
> >
> 
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