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Homebrew 5.0.0

30 points by ingve 1y ago

mikemcquaid 1y ago
Homebrew Project Leader here. Happy to answer any questions.
- monocularvision 1y ago
  Is the internal API mentioned something that can be used for a private tap?
  - mikemcquaid 1y ago
    No(t yet). It's a slimmer version of the existing JSON API that's similarly only used by homebrew/core and homebrew/cask for now, mainly because they are so huge that using Git for this had very poor performance.
QwenGlazer9000 1y ago
I find the removal of --no-quarantine deeply disappointing. We should be pushing back against the idea that the manufacturer should have ANY say at all in what we install on our own hardware, and yet their deprecation of the flag seems like capitulation to apple. Why does apple get a free pass for doing this on a laptop, when Google gets (rightfully) shit on for doing it on android?
hrvstr 1y ago
I was planning to keep using my Intel Mac for a few more years, so this is a bit disappointing. The note about “macOS Intel x86_64 will move to Tier 3, dropping CI support, and no additional bottles will be built” sounds like Homebrew is basically ending active support soon. Does anyone know what the timescale is for deprecating macOS Intel entirely? It feels like devs are moving on from Intel Macs even faster than Apple itself. Maybe I’m misunderstanding what “Tier 3” actually means here, but if no bottles are built anymore, that’s going to make installs a lot less convenient. Found a link, and tier 3 sounds brutal. Time to look for alternatives... :( https://docs.brew.sh/Support-Tiers https://docs.brew.sh/Support-Tiers
- mikemcquaid 1y ago
  Yes, active support dropped for macOS Intel September 26, won’t work at all on macOS Intel September 27. We’d love to support everything indefinitely but lack the resources as a volunteer run open source project to do so, particularly when GitHub Actions and macOS itself will be stopping elements of their support for macOS Intel on similar timescales.

6 ms·

Homebrew 5.0.0

30 points by ingve 1y ago

mikemcquaid 1y ago
Homebrew Project Leader here. Happy to answer any questions.
- monocularvision 1y ago
  Is the internal API mentioned something that can be used for a private tap?
  - mikemcquaid 1y ago
    No(t yet). It's a slimmer version of the existing JSON API that's similarly only used by homebrew/core and homebrew/cask for now, mainly because they are so huge that using Git for this had very poor performance.
QwenGlazer9000 1y ago
I find the removal of --no-quarantine deeply disappointing. We should be pushing back against the idea that the manufacturer should have ANY say at all in what we install on our own hardware, and yet their deprecation of the flag seems like capitulation to apple. Why does apple get a free pass for doing this on a laptop, when Google gets (rightfully) shit on for doing it on android?
hrvstr 1y ago
I was planning to keep using my Intel Mac for a few more years, so this is a bit disappointing. The note about “macOS Intel x86_64 will move to Tier 3, dropping CI support, and no additional bottles will be built” sounds like Homebrew is basically ending active support soon. Does anyone know what the timescale is for deprecating macOS Intel entirely? It feels like devs are moving on from Intel Macs even faster than Apple itself. Maybe I’m misunderstanding what “Tier 3” actually means here, but if no bottles are built anymore, that’s going to make installs a lot less convenient. Found a link, and tier 3 sounds brutal. Time to look for alternatives... :( https://docs.brew.sh/Support-Tiers https://docs.brew.sh/Support-Tiers
- mikemcquaid 1y ago
  Yes, active support dropped for macOS Intel September 26, won’t work at all on macOS Intel September 27. We’d love to support everything indefinitely but lack the resources as a volunteer run open source project to do so, particularly when GitHub Actions and macOS itself will be stopping elements of their support for macOS Intel on similar timescales.