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It seems the maintainers are very eager to lock issues and threads on GitHub that receive any pushback to this decision. Where is this coming from? I thought Homebrew was pro-user software, which requiring Apple's approval to run software on my computer is ostensibly not.
As a Homebrew user: Nope.
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There'll be some way to make it work, possibly indeed that the Homebrew people get approved by Apple, because MacPorts works ok, and it seems to be downloading precompiled binaries (and if it isn't, then my Mac is actually faster than I've ever seen it run). And if MacPorts can do it, presumably Homebrew can do it too. Building stuff yourself remains an option, even if you're unapproved. The toolchain pops the codesi…
I see, thanks! Is cc installed by default? I remember when my ex-wife had a Mac she had to sign up for Apple's developer program to get compilers installed.
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Can any random person build things from source, or do they need to be blessed by Apple?
For Mac, yes and no. IIRC you don't need a developer's license to build and sign software for yourself. But you do need one to distribute pre-built software.
IIRC there is a CLI command for achieving the same.
My longstanding prediction that Gatekeeper will ever so slowly tighten so that people don't realise like a frog boiled in water is continuing to be true.
Apple does not support running other OS's on their hardware. This is bad in many senses but it is specially bad since it weakens competition and reduces incentives for Apple to improve their own OS, meaning it is bad even for their users in the long run. If you choose to buy hardware from apple, you must consider that you're encouraging a behaviour that is bad for everyone, including yourself.
I don't understand what this means, although I've read the whole thread. Does this mean people won't be able to use Homebrew to compile software from source (and run it)? Does it mean that they'll be able to use Homebrew to compile software from source, but not download prebuilt binaries (and run them)? Does it mean that they'll be able to download prebuilt binaries, but only run them if they're built by a developer…
If you didn't need to install a cask with this flag before you won't be impacted by the deprecation.
Homebrew is not really pro in any way: they force updates, deprecate old software that is still widely in use, the maintainers are always very combative and dont allow any discussions or other opinions. In the end it's a package manager for consumers that hand holds you and is not really useful in a pro context. I've been meaning to jump to macports anyway, maybe ill do it now...
As someone who migrated from macports to Homebrew, I'd like to see a third option (or maybe re-investigate macports again to see what's changed recently). Homebrew's insistence on leaving OSes behind that they deem to be "too old" is becoming a problem as the years click by. One of the reasons to use third party software and a third party package manager is to avoid Apple's own insistence on abandoning old OSes. Home…
Nix, perhaps?
My longstanding prediction that Gatekeeper will ever so slowly tighten so that people don't realise like a frog boiled in water is continuing to be true.
Fortunately, Linux laptops are getting better and better. I'm hopeful that by the time my M1 macBook Air gets slow enough to annoy me (maybe a year or two from now?), I'll be able to smoothly transition to Linux. I've already done it on the desktop!
In 2017 I built my first desktop PC from the ground up and got it running Windows/Linux. I just removed Windows after the 11 upgrade required TPM, and I bought a brand new Framework laptop which I love.
This is to say that Apple used to represent a sort of freedom to escape what used to be Microsoft's walled garden. Now it's just another dead-end closed ecosystem that I'm happy to leave behind.
My longstanding prediction that Gatekeeper will ever so slowly tighten so that people don't realise like a frog boiled in water is continuing to be true.
People did realize when the actual Gatekeeper change happened a year ago [1]. But your prediction still holds because frogs do realize when they're boiled in water [2]. [1] https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/08/macos-15-sequoia-mak... , https://www.macrumors.com/2024/08/06/macos-sequoia-gatekeepe... , https://daringfireball.net/linked/2024/08/07/mac-os-15-sequo... . Top HN comment on Sequoia's announcement mentions…
Just dropping this here for those who don't know about it. It solves most of my CLI dependencies.