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Ask HN: Why isn't homebrew officially supported by Apple?
Why isn't homebrew officially supported by Apple? OR why doesn't apple provide a command line based package manager?
- coppolaemilio 10y agoBecause they will have to maintain it. If it already exists why bother?
- mintlysocial 10y agoOS X/Darwin follows the design philosophy of it's cousin FreeBSD. The base system is only upgraded when a new OS version is released. Upgrades may or may not be the latest version of a software package. If the tool does it job and does it well then it may not be upgraded. The idea is " the lastest version may not equate to a better version" or "if it ain't broke, then don't fix it". So, the base system on your version of OS X will only be patched when there is a security concern or severe bug.
- rvalue 10y agoHomebrew doesn't have any existing support to accept license to use for every application. Users of brew just download and install. If Apple had to implement a package manager, I think they would ask application developers to accept Apple's own license and policies for distribution etc. which may not be acceptable with them. Also, wouldn't it make Appstore redundant ?