Nothing to do with asf. This is just one individual setting up a Jenkins. Anyone can do that.
On Wed, Mar 19, 2025, 11:20 AM Paul Irwin <paulir...@gmail.com> wrote: > First, congrats on setting up the new hardware! It's amazing what modern > hardware is capable of for such a low cost. > > It seems unwise to continue using a Hackintosh VM. It is questionably > legal at best (assuming a license was bought), and could result in > consequences for either the ASF or individuals involved in setting that up. > The "osk" string mentioned below is designed to be a warning about this. I > don't mean to kick an anthill, but I searched the archives for this list > and haven't seen that discussed until now. (I also don't think it's > productive to debate the merits of Apple's licensing choices or their > walled garden; we can't change that or the possible consequences either > way.) > > There are several legal options available for running macOS builds/jobs. > One is GitHub Actions, where the job could be manually dispatched via API > from Jenkins if needed. > https://docs.github.com/en/rest/actions/workflows?apiVersion=2022-11-28#create-a-workflow-dispatch-event > > There's also MacinCloud that offers hosted Mac servers for far less than > equivalently spec'ed Linux Azure/AWS/GCP VMs. https://www.macincloud.com/ > > I also daily drive macOS, and if there's any way I can help the team by > testing issues/fixes/features/etc. on macOS, just let me know and I'd be > happy to help on my end. > > Paul Irwin > > > On Wed, Mar 19, 2025 at 8:22 AM Robert Muir <rcm...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Tue, Mar 18, 2025 at 12:53 PM Uwe Schindler <u...@thetaphi.de> wrote: >> >> > Possibly migrate away from VirtualBOX to KVM, but it's unclear if >> Hackintoshs work there. >> > >> >> -device >> isa-applesmc,osk="ourhardworkbythesewordsguardedpleasedontsteal(c)AppleComputerInc" >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@lucene.apache.org >> >>
