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Re:Homebrew 4.0.0 by woodruffw on Thursday February 16, 2023 @01:47PM (#34823625)
Generally speaking, yes: we don't remove things that aren't disproportionately burdensome. You can see that in the yearly analytics[1]: there are packages that only get a few dozen downloads a year, and we don't remove them because they don't cause any issues.

[1]: https://formulae.brew.sh/analytics/install/365d/

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Re:Homebrew 4.0.0 by chongli on Thursday February 16, 2023 @02:19PM (#34824247)
That's good to hear! I think small, well-maintained projects with loyal users can add tremendous value to a package ecosystem due to the long tail effect. I believe these long tail effects are a big part of the reason behind the staying power of tools like emacs, vim, and LaTeX.
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Re:Homebrew 4.0.0 by woodruffw on Thursday February 16, 2023 @02:36PM (#34824523)
I agree completely!
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