Re:Bingo – The missing package manager for Go binaries (Home...
by Spivak on Sunday December 26, 2021 @03:52PM
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But Homebrew is first in the metric that really matters, availability of the packages that people want to install. Like I just don’t care about the minutia when all I ever have to do is add some lines to my Brewfile every now and again and run brew bundle to completely set up my system.
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Re:Bingo – The missing package manager for Go binaries (Home...
by Maursault on Wednesday December 29, 2021 @09:40AM
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What you're saying is hype is all that matters, as hype is the only reason new packages are added to Homebrew, and only because Homebrew got to the developer first, which is to say, by accident. But not all package managers were created equal. Hype is just hype, a tribalistic enthusiasm for the team you arbitrarily happen to support. But if the foundation is weak, and it really is, the underlying egotistical ideology of ignoring the standards of the targeted system, then everything that is built upon it is in jeopardy of failing, and to mitigate this Homebrew requires unrelated projects to keep it functional. It's a bloody mess and makes a bloody mess. So beating the alternatives to the developers door, the alternatives that aren't even bothering to do this, is what you say is the only metric that matters. You're saying politics is all that matters, and effectively claiming substance (the quality of the code and adhering to standards) is irrelevant. Ok. \o/