I'm fine with homebrew not supporting whatever versions they choose.
I think GP's issue is forcing the use of homebrew for what seems like a rather trivial install. Just make the binary easily downloadable. It's not like you can't open the curled script to see what it fetches and do it yourself. It's just that having to jump through this useless hoop is annoying.
My mac is running the latest version of Tahoe but I never liked homebrew. You can bet I won't install it just for one app.
Homebrew really helps when you want to install more than one app... And you want to keep them updated... And you want to easily delete some of them at some point.
Managing the install lifecycle with one set of commands for multiple apps is why I love Homebrew
Apple controls these computers? I am using Linux myself; I compile from source though. To me it would seem super-strange to use an operating system where a private entity decides what it wants to do.
The people who pay for operating systems are paying for a private entity to decide what the operating system should do. They're paying for someone to compile it from source and get it to run on their computer and maintain it.
That's the whole point. Paying someone for that thing you also know how to do so they can consider that problem solved and focus on the things they know how to do.
Not sure where you're getting this from, but the latest MacOS works on devices from 2019 so it's at least 6 years of support. And homebrew supports versions from macOS 14 fully (and some support up to 10.15) which means full support for 2018 devices and potentially even devices from 2012 will work.
vladvasiliu|21 days ago
I think GP's issue is forcing the use of homebrew for what seems like a rather trivial install. Just make the binary easily downloadable. It's not like you can't open the curled script to see what it fetches and do it yourself. It's just that having to jump through this useless hoop is annoying.
My mac is running the latest version of Tahoe but I never liked homebrew. You can bet I won't install it just for one app.
bbkane|20 days ago
Managing the install lifecycle with one set of commands for multiple apps is why I love Homebrew
shevy-java|21 days ago
weitendorf|21 days ago
That's the whole point. Paying someone for that thing you also know how to do so they can consider that problem solved and focus on the things they know how to do.
IlikeMadison|21 days ago
nonethewiser|21 days ago
xmprt|21 days ago
Sources:
https://eshop.macsales.com/guides/Mac_OS_X_Compatibility
https://docs.brew.sh/Installation#2
post-it|21 days ago