It looks like the change is from an upstream software. Homebrew did communicate the change, which is something that I wouldn't expect from a distributor. In Deb

It looks like the change is from an upstream software. Homebrew did communicate the change, which is something that I wouldn't expect from a distributor. In Debian, we have the NEWS file to communicate such breaking changes, but it is seldomly used because most users don't want to be spammed with changes they are not concerned with. Bothering the distributor for changes in upstream software was OK ten years ago. Today, it is not: too many upstreams, not enough people to curate and maintain.