2. nveitch, actually what I wrote bears not even a passing resemblance to what you're suggesting. Apple didn't disable DTrace for all their software -- just iTunes and a handful of applications.
Also, Apple impeding observability tools to protect DRM isn't news -- they've been doing this for years. And what was "antithetical to open source" wasn't the obfuscation in and of itself, but the fact that their ham-fisted modification actually made DTrace less functional when looking at the system at large and just just sensitive apps.
1. I think it is both more and less sinister than you say. I don't believe Apple's reworking of DTrace is anything to do with DRM in iTunes. The iTunes app was an example of something that didn't show up, not the only app. I think if you read what Adam says, it seems that NO Apple software will show up.
So, Apple aren't trying to stop you seeing DRM activity (though exactly what benefit that would be in a trace is open to debate). It is not a DRM conspiracy.
What Apple are doing instead is trying to stop you seeing ANYTHING that Apple themselves have done, and risk exposing more of their shabby code kludges or dirty secrets to the wider world.
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ahl
January 25th
2. nveitch, actually what I wrote bears not even a passing resemblance to what you're suggesting. Apple didn't disable DTrace for all their software -- just iTunes and a handful of applications.
Also, Apple impeding observability tools to protect DRM isn't news -- they've been doing this for years. And what was "antithetical to open source" wasn't the obfuscation in and of itself, but the fact that their ham-fisted modification actually made DTrace less functional when looking at the system at large and just just sensitive apps.
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nveitch
January 24th
1. I think it is both more and less sinister than you say. I don't believe Apple's reworking of DTrace is anything to do with DRM in iTunes. The iTunes app was an example of something that didn't show up, not the only app. I think if you read what Adam says, it seems that NO Apple software will show up.
So, Apple aren't trying to stop you seeing DRM activity (though exactly what benefit that would be in a trace is open to debate). It is not a DRM conspiracy.
What Apple are doing instead is trying to stop you seeing ANYTHING that Apple themselves have done, and risk exposing more of their shabby code kludges or dirty secrets to the wider world.
Alert a moderator
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