Does Apple accept contributions for mDNSResponder?

We use the OSS release of mDNSresponder fairly extensively and have patched it to fix some issues.

I was curious if Apple accepted such contributions upstream, or provided a way to communicate the changes for potential inclusion in future patches, as maintaining a fork isn't ideal for both parties.

It seems that PRs on the GH repo are not always reviewed, but there is some evidence that they are looked at. We realise that POSIX implementation for mDNSResponder might not be a priority for Apple, but curious if there's a process for contributions from industry?

I asked the Bonjour team about this and:

  • They really are interested in accepting contributions.

  • However, there isn’t yet a process in place for that [1].

  • If you want to make sure that your suggestions aren’t lost, the best thing to do right now is to put them in a bug report.

If you do file a bug, please post your bug number, just for the record.

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Quinn “The Eskimo!” @ Developer Technical Support @ Apple
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[1] My experience is that, when you work at Apple’s scale, things like this are remarkable hard to sort out |-:

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