For developers

Contents

• For developers
  • Prerequisites
  • PureDarwin releases
  • Testers wanted
  • Useful tools
  • Darwin mailing lists
  • Documentation

Prerequisites

In order to do any serious PureDarwin development, please familiarize yourself with the DarwinBuild project and the MacPorts project, as these are the key components of building software for Darwin.

PureDarwin releases

See PureDarwin Xmas. If you want to have a look at a minimalistic bootable Darwin 9 system, check out PureDarwin nano.

Testers wanted

To qualify as a tester for the current PureDarwin installer, you'll need

• An Intel Mac with Leopard (to run the installer and to test whether the PureDarwin USB drive can be booted)
• A USB drive, 1GB or larger (will be completely erased)
• Latest VMware or VirtualBox release
• Fast Internet connection (to download Darwin 9 packages)
• A good backup since there are absolutely no guarantees

Please contact us in irc #puredarwin if you want to be a tester.

Useful tools

A utility for browsing through the contents of binary roots is available. It currently covers Darwin build 9F33, and provides links to relevant source code, and binaries.

Darwin mailing lists

Have a look at the Darwin mailing lists.

Documentation

This wiki is a place for users and developers alike to document and discuss Darwin. See below for some pages we have already started.