[pmjordan]

I was the external contractor brought onto the project as the project's macOS kernel extension expert; my contract expired in November after the port was put on ice. As far as I'm aware it's no longer being pursued, with sparse checkouts being the new hotness.

I don't want to and can't speak for Microsoft, and I did not make the final decision, but:

* The user space alternatives (NSFileProvider, EndpointSecurity) are not up to the job for various reasons.

* Porting everything to the much more involved VFS KPI would have been a large amount of work, and with a near-100% risk of having the rug pulled out under it yet again.

[loeg]

Cheers, I appreciate the details and context.