Homebrew 4.0.0

Post by pdimitar » Thu, Feb 16, 2023, 5:41 PM UTC

woodruffw wrote: post #280

pdimitar wrote: post #264

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Okay, I'm sold, and I'm sorry for being blunt. Where can I learn more? Can you point me at the right place in the source? I'll not be banning Homebrew telemetry.

I understand the desire for privacy, and the seriousness that comes with it! I've linked Homebrew's analytics data and the source code that collects it elsewhere in this thread. And, to be absolutely clear: it is perfectly fine for you to disable Homebrew's analytics. There are an infinite number of legitimate reasons for doing so, including the most basic one of "I just don't want to." My sole goal is to dispel the…

Post by [deleted] » Thu, Feb 16, 2023, 5:43 PM UTC

jiayo wrote: post #296

Didn't the author sunset this project to become a web3 advocate and pivot to a new project where some dubious NFT would be exchanged for package installations? I guess 2022 came and went since then...

Post by [deleted] » Thu, Feb 16, 2023, 5:44 PM UTC

lrvick wrote: post #44

Reminder that nothing in Homebrew has any signing or attempt at supply chain integrity. Now that they are moving away from clients using git, so even git commit signing is off the table now. When you install brew you are giving hundreds of people (or anyone who has access to their Github accounts) full remote code execution on your machine. Never ever use brew on a machine you use to access production.

Post by [deleted] » Thu, Feb 16, 2023, 5:46 PM UTC

st3fan wrote: post #28

Before this whole threads turns into a misinformed rant fest about opt out telemetry: “Homebrew gathers anonymous aggregate user behaviour analytics using Google Analytics (until our in-progress migration to our own InfluxDB). You will be notified the first time you run brew update or install Homebrew. Analytics are not enabled until after this notice is shown, to ensure that you can opt out without ever sending anal…

Post by wl » Thu, Feb 16, 2023, 5:50 PM UTC

Upvoter33 wrote: post #66

Man there are a lot of complaints about this free software no one is forcing you to use. I would start with a thanks to the people who spend a lot of time on this, and probably not for much wealth. I know I greatly appreciate the existence of homebrew.