[SmartcardServices-Dev] SmartCardServices in OSX 10.8

[Ludovic Rousseau]

Hello,

2013/8/13 Frank Marien <frank at apsu.be>:
> Thomas,
>
> I don't have the answers to your questions, exactly..
> What I do know is that despite the fork involved with SmartCardServices,
> the pcsc-lite project still builds on OSX, out-of-the-box (given
> macports and proper command-line tools), and it could therefore quite
> easily be packaged by "a third party" that would require an up-to-date
> pcscd/ccid combo. We've been investigating doing exactly that and so
> your scenario may be quite imminent.

As the maintainer of the "official" pcsc-lite I try to make it
buildable and usable on Mac OS X.
First because I need a modern pcsc-lite to develop the CCID driver.
Second because I still expect a convergence of the two pcsc-lite
(official and Apple fork) one day. But that is a lot of work.

> We're wondering about the future, also. I don't really see how we can
> continue to support the OSX platform, or begin supporting iOS, without
> at least some information from the manufacturer.

I have no information regarding the CDSA substitute.
But I guess/hope Apple will not drop pcsc-lite and the smart card
infrastructure.

Bye

-- 
 Dr. Ludovic Rousseau