Homebrew 4.0.0

Post by zeckalpha » Thu, Feb 16, 2023, 1:37 PM UTC

herbstein wrote: post #92

pimterry wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't think that's true - AFAICT there's no EU law banning analytics. EU law just restricts storing & processing _personal_ data (GDPR) and storing unnecessary data on machines without consent (ePrivacy/'cookie law'). If you want to log fully anonymized data, without persistent tracking ids and without leaking personal data to 3rd parties en route (so no "send it to Google and they promise to anonymize the IP after…

> EU law just restricts storing & processing _personal_ data (GDPR) To be clear to anyone reading: using Google Analytics without a non-Google-hosted anonymisation step breaks GDPR. This _has_ been litigated in court in several countries. There's no "ifs" or "buts" about it.

Post by justinclift » Thu, Feb 16, 2023, 1:37 PM UTC

FnuGk wrote: post #60

tambourine_man wrote: post #7

I use homebrew like a black box. I’m glad it exists, but I have no idea how it works and why it’s so complicated. When something breaks and Google is no help I just nuke it and start from scratch. It’s only happened twice in more than a decade, but I still have the feeling that I was better off compiling stuff manually and cultivating a tidy /usr/local/bin like I did in early 2000s. But it’s probably rose-colored gla…

> It’s only happened twice in more than a decade, but I still have the feeling that I was better off compiling stuff manually and cultivating a tidy /usr/local/bin like I did in early 2000s. But it’s probably rose-colored glasses and I’d definitively never take the time these days. thats exactly what homebrew does.

Post by nonninz » Thu, Feb 16, 2023, 1:39 PM UTC

tacker2000 wrote: post #119

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Post by latexr » Thu, Feb 16, 2023, 1:41 PM UTC

rpgbr wrote: post #107

anshargal wrote: post #50

While I use Homebrew on my Mac — it is a major risk. I am afraid that the project is not following strict security policies and will be compromised at some point. Evil package or evil version of brew can steal or modify my data. I think this will also hurt the Mac platform. I wish Apple would invest some effort into building an App Store for cli programs. While it may be complicated for the community(require signing,…

I'm not a very technical person, but I think MacPorts adheres better to macOS standards and security practices. (At least it asks my admin password before any major interaction.) Been using for a few years, coming from Homebrew, and it's running smoothly.

Post by tambourine_man » Thu, Feb 16, 2023, 1:42 PM UTC

wg0 wrote: post #97

tambourine_man wrote: post #7

I use homebrew like a black box. I’m glad it exists, but I have no idea how it works and why it’s so complicated. When something breaks and Google is no help I just nuke it and start from scratch. It’s only happened twice in more than a decade, but I still have the feeling that I was better off compiling stuff manually and cultivating a tidy /usr/local/bin like I did in early 2000s. But it’s probably rose-colored gla…

How to nuke it? Just in case...