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Defining the implementation boundary for formal macOS distribution
Documenting development Swift startup separately from signing, notarization, and Applications installation
Purpose
The development Swift Package executable could come forward but was not a distributable .app with stable identity. A simple wrapper would make signing and Keychain access unstable across builds, so formal distribution needed an explicit implementation boundary rather than an implicit deferral.
Implementation
administration application and the integrated system specification separate development startup from formal distribution. Service helpers stop at a bundle-ready structure; formal distribution requires an Xcode app target, stable bundle identifier, entitlements, signing, notarization, and stapling.
Applications install and update, Finder startup, app icons and resource bundles, and continuity of Keychain identity were added as completion checks. These were recorded as a future distribution contract, not as already functioning features.
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What was confirmed
Verification results
The project guide, integrated specification, and audit lock expressed the same distribution boundary, and the specification audit passed.
The proposal to wrap the development executable in a simple .app was not adopted.
At the cutoff, signing, notarization, and Applications installation were unimplemented and unverified; formal distribution was not presented as complete.
Basis for completion
This scope ended when development startup and formal distribution were separated in documentation and the unfinished steps and completion checks were fixed as an auditable contract.