Copland library versions

These notes on Copland library versions, seen using ResEdit, might point toward how Apple internally organized development of each part of Copland.

It is known that this OS was another victim of mid-1990's Apple's dysfunction, where unrelated projects were often rolled into uncancelable super-projects, and merely using Copland is enough to show that the parts that did get rolled together suffer from massive instability. When running D11E4, at least, it is common for developers' names and phone number extensions to be logged over the serial port as part of assertion failures. I want to better understand the degree to which the design was inherently flawed versus what was merely poor implementation.

Versions seen in D9 "Tools Edition"

There doesn't seem to be any project-level build information. I opened several components in ResEdit but only found "8.0d9" for a version, with no actual component name, unlike D11E4.

However, Finder8 has a MACS ID = 0 of "Macintosh Finder Version 8.0d9e3 (debug)"

Versions seen in D11E4

This list is not exhaustive. (TODO)

Component	Version from vers ID = 1	Notes
AllEnvLibs	8d11c3885	C standard library, etc.
Appearance	8d11c3871	Includes desktop
AppleGuide	8d11c3792	Help system
DarumaEngine	8d11c2	Files related to Japanese input
DisplayMgr	8d11c7	Monitors
FileSystems	8d11c3831	HFS
Finder	8d11c14	Finder
GXGraphics	8d11c12	QuickDraw GX
GXSlideMaster	8d11c12	GXSlidemaster application
HighLevelToolbox	8d11c3756	This is spread out over several dozen files
Icons	8d11c9	Icons
Languages	8d11c3767	"Languages" system library
MixedModeEmulator	8d11c3886	68k support
ModernIO	8d11c3913	All non-printer drivers
ModernOS	8d11c3914	The "core" of Copland, but some critical files omit the module name and any "c" number component
MonitorsCP	8d11c4	Monitors control panel
OSServicesMrC	8d11c3882	?
PrintExt	8d11c10	Printer drivers
Themes	8d11c7	For the two bundled themes
WarholProj	8d11c3878	QuickTime

Version string seen pretty much everywhere in vers ID = 2: 8.0D11E4Dbg