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Perhaps they are talking about Homebrew the package manager [1]. [1] https://brew.sh https://brew.sh

• hamandcheese 3y ago
  I wonder what people mean when they say "Homebrew is pretty great", I do not wonder what they mean when they say "Homebrew".
  • orf 3y ago
    They mean that they have an overall positive opinion of Homebrew, more than “not bad” but less than “amazing”.
    • dividedbyzero 3y ago
      As someone who would readily say that Homebrew is pretty great, this is exactly how I feel about Homebrew.
  • hizanberg 3y ago
    It does what it says on the tin and installs the plethora of software available on homebrew with a simple command, which is pretty great
  • anonymoushn 3y ago
    For example people do not use homebrew to install python3 on a fresh install of mac os and get a python that spews a bunch of messages to stderr about the version of libc6.so and cannot speak TLS.
    • sofixa 3y ago
      It only upgrades PostgreSQL 3 major versions up alongside without asking.
      • eviks 3y ago
        Think this issue was fixed a few years ago
        • sofixa 3y ago
          Not sure I agree, when I use brew it still regularly updates random unconnected crap through multiple major releases. And of course it takes ages doing so
          • eviks 3y ago
            I was referring to your postgresql example, those became rudimentary @versioned packages
      • nraf 3y ago
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  • pdpi 3y ago
    It's plenty solid, and there's a good library of packages on there. It's a package manager, doesn't take more than that.