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How is that any different from PyPI, npm, cargo, etc?
Homebrew 7.0.0
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Re: Homebrew 7.0.0
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"That front page" isn't the front page, it's the release notes for version 7.0.0. The actual front page has "The Package Manager for Everywhere" as its subtitle (and that exact description as part of its ), and that is basically all you need to know. It's a staple for Unix-y power users on macOS (but supports Linux too, including WSL), and version 1.0 will be ten years old next week. You're not very far off from comp…
Yes. Thank you. The link text gives the impression that is the front page and I didn't notice. I'm sure a lot of people don't notice which is the issue I'm trying to point out.
Re: Homebrew 7.0.0
#83Today, I’m proud to announce Homebrew 7.0.0. The most significant changes since 6.0.0 are faster installations and upgrades, stronger sandboxing, a native macOS app, built-in vulnerability checks and an advisory database, the end of macOS 10.15 support and Intel Macs moving to Tier 3 (announced last year).
Thank you for Linux Homebrew! It works so damn well. For me the distro package manager is for system packages, Homebrew and Flatpak for the user facing apps.
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Re: Homebrew 7.0.0
#84And that's the end of Homebrew for me as a user. I like the app, but my old Intel MacBook apparently can't handle it anymore. I'm back to the old installation methods !
I recommend MacPorts, the migration is easy, you copy the package names you installed with brew, uninstall homebrew (there's an unisntall script on brew.sh FAQ section, it will also uninstall all homebrew packages (but not the casks)) then install macports and reinstall the packages with sudo port. Although the selection is smaller on macports and newer packages might not have a prebuilt pkg for your OS so you still might end up building manually (My poor i5 4core had to attempt building nodejs26 because there wasn't a pkg for Ventura)
Re: Homebrew 7.0.0
#85I was surprised to see my Homebrew consider my macOS a Tier 2 for using the very latest macOS version and Xcode version… But I think it's because I don't have Xcode 27.0, which is presumably releasing tomorrow?
What is the impact of being tier 2?
I’ll update Xcode, but I will definitely not install macOS 27.0
Re: Homebrew 7.0.0
#86And that's the end of Homebrew for me as a user. I like the app, but my old Intel MacBook apparently can't handle it anymore. I'm back to the old installation methods !
I’m installing Linux on my 2019 16” today.
Re: Homebrew 7.0.0
#87Earlier quoted context omitted.
I’d imagine they’re live updating the library paths in the binary headers, so anything shorter or equal to what they’re using is a simple rewrite, but longer is more complex.
Ah. That makes sense. It's so annoying how deeply UNIX packaging philosophy assumes that installation directories are something you hard-code at build time.
The present is built mostly on layers of the long-past :)
It makes me think of when Arch merged /usr/bin and sbin with /bin and sbin. Having them split made sense in a ton of scenarios that used to be very common, but increasingly the split was vestigial for most users.
Re: Homebrew 7.0.0
#88Today, I’m proud to announce Homebrew 7.0.0. The most significant changes since 6.0.0 are faster installations and upgrades, stronger sandboxing, a native macOS app, built-in vulnerability checks and an advisory database, the end of macOS 10.15 support and Intel Macs moving to Tier 3 (announced last year).
would you please share what amount of the new dev (work done on brew) is AI/LLM-assisted. this major version bump was very quick to arrive compared to when v6 got released?
Can’t speak for others but a lot of my work. I review it all locally first. The flow feels a lot like reviewing human PRs locally.
https://github.com/MikeMcQuaid/AgentIDE
I actually wrote my own “Agent IDE” to make this prompt/review/push flow easier.
Re: Homebrew 7.0.0
#89The GUI is pretty sharp, but I don’t like it uses emoji instead of SF symbols. Is it Claude or Codex built?
I don’t get these questions asking if it’s codex or Claude – I see them often. Does it matter? There are other options out there also, it feels strange to ask this. Like asking “is your car a Toyota or a BMW?“
Re: Homebrew 7.0.0
#90Earlier quoted context omitted.
Thank you for Linux Homebrew! It works so damn well. For me the distro package manager is for system packages, Homebrew and Flatpak for the user facing apps.
I don't understand the distinction you use here. Then again I use versioned AppDirs on Linux since +20 years anyway, so I am not really into any arbitrary disctinction random linux distributions try to push down onto the (downstream) userbase. Besides, if you compile from source, why would you want to rely on the distribution package manager to begin with? None of them allow for versioned AppDirs by default as far as…
> I don't understand the distinction you use here.
Distinction: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49683258
I use "dnf" to upgrade my system and "flatpak update" and "brew upgrade" to upgrade the apps I've installed.
An app like VirtualBox does not install using Flatpak or Homebrew, so I would use dnf for that. It's usually an app or two that doesn't work via Flatpak/Homebrew/AppImage that I need to install using dnf.