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Re:Homebrew 3.0 by w0m on Friday February 05, 2021 @10:07AM (#26037070)
> What prevents you to do it better then? What prevent you from forking it? Sharing improvement ideas? Contributing to the project?

I think ~everything he stated is generally assumed true. I use Brew installed software every single day, and appreciate it. That doesn't put it above criticism though.

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Re:Homebrew 3.0 by bakedbeanz on Friday February 05, 2021 @10:16AM (#26037186)
"brew fucking sucks" is just whining, not reasonable criticism IMHO
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Re:Homebrew 3.0 by bastardoperator on Friday February 05, 2021 @10:15AM (#26037172)
There is no criticism in their statement though, just a generalized opinion/rant that doesn't point out single issue and is factually inaccurate.
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Re:Homebrew 3.0 by zimpenfish on Friday February 05, 2021 @11:34AM (#26038106)
> doesn't point out single issue > is factually inaccurate.

I think these two might be somewhat contradictory.

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Re:Homebrew 3.0 by bastardoperator on Friday February 05, 2021 @12:27PM (#26038749)
I don't, he said someone else would have filled the void, there was no void considering this project came after macports and fink
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