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Re: Homebrew 7.0.0

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Post by mikemcquaid »

simonw wrote: post #59

TIL Homebrew has its own sandbox mechanism - looks like it's built around their own sandbox-exec wrapper, at least on macOS: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/blob/d79ef822ab8136e393ed5f...

Yup! We’ve been using it for a really long time at this point.

Were using Bubblewrap on Linux and moved to Landlock this release.

P.S. HUGE fan of your blog and writing Simon, keep up the great work. It’s the #1 resource I recommend to anyone in the industry wanting to learn more about LLMs (and pelicans).

Re: Homebrew 7.0.0

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Post by mikemcquaid »

blixt wrote: post #57

I 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?

This is a bug, sorry. Working on it.

Re: Homebrew 7.0.0

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Post by mikemcquaid »

internet2000 wrote: post #53

The GUI is pretty sharp, but I don’t like it uses emoji instead of SF symbols. Is it Claude or Codex built?

I didn’t build it. The emoji were my idea. I (and Homebrew) have used them heavily before LLMs did. Maybe LLMs loving them is my fault. Sorry if so.

Re: Homebrew 7.0.0

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Post by mikemcquaid »

gdevenyi wrote: post #50

Does it still need root on Linux? That makes it an instant no go.

For initial installation to the default prefix someone needs to create the home directory and that person is probably root.

We hope to allow all prefixes under 64 bytes in future.

Re: Homebrew 7.0.0

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Post by mikemcquaid »

donatj wrote: post #63
mikemcquaid wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sorry we couldn’t support this for longer :( From the release notes: > The Intel support decision reflects the limits of a volunteer-run project: Apple have dropped Intel x86_64 support from macOS 27 Golden Gate and GitHub Actions will retire Intel macOS runners in autumn 2027. If Apple and Microsoft’s GitHub, two of the world’s largest technology companies, cannot continue supporting macOS Intel x86_64, sadly neithe…

My personal opinion, but I'd rather see wider macOS support than Linux support, if it's a sheer matter of where time is allocated. Linux already has world class package managers.

Linux Homebrew users would disagree.

Supporting macOS Intel has been significantly harder, slower and more expensive for us the last few years than adding ARM Linux support. If it was easy and free we’d have kept it for longer (until Apple and GitHub killed theirs at least which is coming in less than a year).

Re: Homebrew 7.0.0

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Post by jdorfman »

mikemcquaid wrote: post #2

Today, 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).

Congrats and thank you to you and your team for maintaining critical infrastructure we all take for granted.

Re: Homebrew 7.0.0

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Post by mort96 »

akerl_ wrote: post #87
mort96 wrote: post #73

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Yea, my understanding is that the split between / and /usr used to be more or less: the drive they used for / ran out of space, so they mounted another drive as /usr. As a consequence, / became where you put stuff that was essential during early boot, while /usr was where you put everything else.

But these days, "early boot" is handled by initramfs and we've all got drives large enough to not need the split anyway.

Re: Homebrew 7.0.0

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Post by sethaurus »

jezek2 wrote: post #54
mikemcquaid wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sorry we couldn’t support this for longer :( From the release notes: > The Intel support decision reflects the limits of a volunteer-run project: Apple have dropped Intel x86_64 support from macOS 27 Golden Gate and GitHub Actions will retire Intel macOS runners in autumn 2027. If Apple and Microsoft’s GitHub, two of the world’s largest technology companies, cannot continue supporting macOS Intel x86_64, sadly neithe…

How come that MacPorts supports macOS versions all the way back to 10.5 Leopard in the latest version?

That's an excellent question for the maintainers of the MacPorts project! It can supplement the very clear and polite answer you've already received from a maintainer of Homebrew.

Re: Homebrew 7.0.0

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Post by acedTrex »

Sytten wrote: post #36

I found that Mise handles all my needs for development and it is scoped so it doesn't try to update Python and break all my virtual env when I install something new /shrug

Mise is really sloppily vibe coded these days
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