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I love when minor version breaks almost all basic Homebrew packages on macOS. I really wonder why would anybody who claims to be a developer run macOS for work!

I love when minor version breaks almost all basic Homebrew packages on macOS. I really wonder why would anybody who claims to be a developer run macOS for work! You can buy even a better looking and spec'd HP for a fraction of the MacBook price, run Linux on it, and be happy. Even Windows 10 now is a better develope platform! The arrogance of Apple is not something we should put up with anyway!

SmellyGeekBoy 8y ago
I'm a full time Linux user and a big fan but come on - claiming that minor updates don't randomly break things is pretty dishonest. It's true for all 3 major OSes.
- bhaak 8y ago
  Sure, it can happen on all systems. But Homebrew is not a good package manager. How about major breakage because of the installation of a new program? Like having installed programs that uses readline in version 6 and installing a program that needs readline in version 7? Homebrew will happily upgrade readline to version 7 and install the new program but thus silently breaking the programs using readline with version 6. Edit: Every program and library involved has been installed with Homebrew.
  - nikolay 8y ago
    It's not Homebrew that breaks but Apple for not caring about backward-compatibility. But honestly, Homebrew is a joke of a package manager, which, unfortunately, is the best on macOS.
    - bhaak 8y ago
      This time it's not Apple's fault. Every program and library involved has been installed with Homebrew.
      - nikolay 8y ago
        It actually is. Apple should embrace Homebrew or at least offer an alternative.
        bhaak 8y ago
        Apple's alternative is using DMG. I'm the first to blame Apple for various stuff but you can't blame Apple for using OSX in a way that Apple hasn't intended and isn't supporting. If you're not happy with the pre-installed unixy stuff you are (still) free to add your own. Which Homebrew allows you to do in a very Apple way. That is, works mostly as intended and almost OOTB but if you are a power user you will soon run into various problems.
protomyth 8y ago
This is why I really don’t get why people use homebrew over macports. Macports hasn’t given me that trouble and is pretty solid.
- nikolay 8y ago
  I've always wondered why there are 3 different efforts on macOs: Homebrew, MacPorts, Fink (http://www.finkproject.org/ http://www.finkproject.org/), instead of consolidating the effort.
tomcooks 8y ago
i'd downvote you if my last Arch update didn't break my touchpad taps, again /s

SmellyGeekBoy 8y ago

I'm a full time Linux user and a big fan but come on - claiming that minor updates don't randomly break things is pretty dishonest. It's true for all 3 major OSes.

bhaak 8y ago
Sure, it can happen on all systems. But Homebrew is not a good package manager. How about major breakage because of the installation of a new program? Like having installed programs that uses readline in version 6 and installing a program that needs readline in version 7? Homebrew will happily upgrade readline to version 7 and install the new program but thus silently breaking the programs using readline with version 6. Edit: Every program and library involved has been installed with Homebrew.
- nikolay 8y ago
  It's not Homebrew that breaks but Apple for not caring about backward-compatibility. But honestly, Homebrew is a joke of a package manager, which, unfortunately, is the best on macOS.
  - bhaak 8y ago
    This time it's not Apple's fault. Every program and library involved has been installed with Homebrew.
    - nikolay 8y ago
      It actually is. Apple should embrace Homebrew or at least offer an alternative.
      - bhaak 8y ago
        Apple's alternative is using DMG. I'm the first to blame Apple for various stuff but you can't blame Apple for using OSX in a way that Apple hasn't intended and isn't supporting. If you're not happy with the pre-installed unixy stuff you are (still) free to add your own. Which Homebrew allows you to do in a very Apple way. That is, works mostly as intended and almost OOTB but if you are a power user you will soon run into various problems.

protomyth 8y ago

This is why I really don’t get why people use homebrew over macports. Macports hasn’t given me that trouble and is pretty solid.

nikolay 8y ago
I've always wondered why there are 3 different efforts on macOs: Homebrew, MacPorts, Fink (http://www.finkproject.org/ http://www.finkproject.org/), instead of consolidating the effort.

tomcooks 8y ago

i'd downvote you if my last Arch update didn't break my touchpad taps, again /s