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Re: Homebrew 7.0.0

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Post by nebezb »

watermelon0 wrote: post #44
yladiz wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How long do you expect them to support Intel processors though? It’s been like 6 years since the last MacBook release had any Intel processor, and Apple doesn’t make OS updates anymore, so it doesn’t surprise me that Homebrew stopped too.

Are you implying that a 6 year old hardware is as good as a paperweight? Outside of the Apple fairyland this is just bonkers. I'm not blaming the Homebrew project/developers here, but the fact that many people are okay with deprecating perfectly fine hardware.

No, he’s asking what you think a reasonable support timeline is. An open source project supporting hardware 6 years old is pretty awesome.

Re: Homebrew 7.0.0

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Post by supriyo-biswas »

basedpolymer wrote: post #10

And 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've used MacPorts on macOS versions that don't support the latest OS, which per homebrew policy seems to be versions upto N-2.

Apart from the issue of having to compile the downloaded software leading to spinning fans, I'm not too concerned.

Re: Homebrew 7.0.0

#103

Post by VCFundedGenYer »

basedpolymer wrote: post #10

And 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 !

You do realize Intel support is gone, right? You won't be installing anything on your Intel Mac very soon...

Re: Homebrew 7.0.0

#104

Post by VCFundedGenYer »

watermelon0 wrote: post #44
yladiz wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How long do you expect them to support Intel processors though? It’s been like 6 years since the last MacBook release had any Intel processor, and Apple doesn’t make OS updates anymore, so it doesn’t surprise me that Homebrew stopped too.

Are you implying that a 6 year old hardware is as good as a paperweight? Outside of the Apple fairyland this is just bonkers. I'm not blaming the Homebrew project/developers here, but the fact that many people are okay with deprecating perfectly fine hardware.

You're on macOS. you should know full well that they do not care about those values.

Re: Homebrew 7.0.0

#105

Post by csande17 »

illiac786 wrote: post #89
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 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?“

If you say "AI tools", some vibe-coders try to equivocate between tools that generate the whole program for you and, like, an editor that uses an scoring algorithm to decide which method to show at the top of an autocomplete list. But if you say "vibe coding", some vibe-coders try to claim that what they're doing technically isn't vibe coding because they applied some non-zero amount of testing or review during the process.

If you ask "did you build this using Codex or Claude", it removes most of the wiggle room. And it's worded pretty neutrally, so it will often get vibe-coders who aren't technically using either of those tools to say something like, "Actually, I've built a custom harness for DeepSeek..." instead of an outright denial.

Re: Homebrew 7.0.0

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Post by kps »

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

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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?

Different philosophy of dependency management.

Re: Homebrew 7.0.0

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Post by atmosx »

9dev wrote: post #39
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

Why would you even use python without uv anymore, and have a system python binary and virtual envs linked to it?

Python might be just one of the languages required by the dev stack not the only language. Mise is the right tool for the job.

Re: Homebrew 7.0.0

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Post by mrpippy »

basiliobeltran wrote: post #19
yladiz wrote: post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How long do you expect them to support Intel processors though? It’s been like 6 years since the last MacBook release had any Intel processor, and Apple doesn’t make OS updates anymore, so it doesn’t surprise me that Homebrew stopped too.

I have one of the last Intel Macs and works perfectly fine (on Sonoma). How long should I expect working tech being supported? I am already looking at Linux, but still need to get out of the Apple ecosystem. I am not going to spend +2500 Euros every 5 years on a laptop

Sonoma will be getting its last security update imminently (possibly tomorrow).
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