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Replace "need" with "want" and it might make more sense? Homebrew is the Mac equivalent of APT, Pacman, RPM, BSD ports, etc. It's a fairly traditional package manager for software that doesn't come with macOS. "brew install postgresql" installs Postgres into /opt/homebrew, for example.
So how does one install postgresql on a Mac?
Homebrew 7.0.0
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Re: Homebrew 7.0.0
#112Farewell, Homebrew. It's been a good run. - 2019 Intel iMac user.
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…
Thank you for all of your hard work, I’ve been very happily using Homebrew on OS X / macOS since 2010.
No need to be sorry, the situation is understandable.
Re: Homebrew 7.0.0
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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.
There's been a huge step up in basically everything going from intel to apple silicon. It's not a comparable hardware in any sense, and as such, it really does feel like it became a paperweight? I know I never wanted to see an intel macbook ever again the moment I tried M1. It's maybe hard to comprehend how different it is if you haven't used both. And at the same time I'm happy with my x86 desktop for 10+ years. Only thing that really improved in that span was storage.
So I wouldn't say this applies globally to apple users/products, but the post-intel era is a special case. If nothing else, they are helping the environment by not feeding that (literally) hot garbage with more electricity.
Re: Homebrew 7.0.0
#114The 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.
Have we pinned down the emdashes source yet? ;-P
Re: Homebrew 7.0.0
#115Unfortunately this project has a case of dread with every update to me. To see what is being force changed, worse support or even removed features.
Looks like this release breaks Intel Macs. Very very sad. Not even 5+ year old hardware is apparently supportable to some devs
Re: Homebrew 7.0.0
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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.
Last time I checked, Mise is still a one-man show. That’s way too risky for a critical party of my supply chain for my taste.
Re: Homebrew 7.0.0
#117Farewell, Homebrew. It's been a good run. - 2019 Intel iMac user.
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Re: Homebrew 7.0.0
#118As a MacPorts users (generally light-weight, just a few things here and there):
Has anyone gone from MP to HB, or vice versa? Why did you switch from one to the other (and perhaps back again)? What did you find as the pros/cons of each?
Re: Homebrew 7.0.0
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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.
Last time I checked, Mise is still a one-man show. That’s way too risky for a critical party of my supply chain for my taste.
So is sudo... And that's not "too risky" for the entire industry.
That's not to say bus factor is irrelevant (I personally think about it a lot when choosing software projects), but truthfully the bus factor here especially doesn't matter much, as mise is an easy tool to replace (with asdf, for example) if something goes wrong with it eventually.
I highly recommend trying it out. I resisted using it for some time, but it solved some pain points I had with NodeJS, Ruby, and Python regarding installation.
Re: Homebrew 7.0.0
#120Thanks for the hard work, but the Tahoe limitation for the GUI app is absolutely ridiculous.