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Session
Darwin Ports: Update & Discussion
Kevin van Vechten, Apple Computers, Inc.
Landon Fuller, Apple

Track: Programming
Date: Tuesday, October 01
Time: 2:15pm - 3:00pm
Location: Lafayette/San Tomas/Lawrence
One of the great virtues of Mac OS X is its ability to run almost all the open source software available on the Internet. However, that software still needs to be ported to work with Darwin, and Apple has not yet endorsed a single "ports collection" mechanism for Mac OS X. This session provides an update on the new "DarwinPorts" initiative from OpenDarwin.org, followed by a discussion of issues and strategies for managing ports on Mac OS X.