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Stuff that builds a .app

Stuff that builds a .app by sigzero
- Re: [homebrew] Stuff that builds a .app by Mike McQuaid
  - Re: [homebrew] Stuff that builds a .app by sigzero
    - Re: [homebrew] Stuff that builds a .app by Adam Vandenberg
- Re: [homebrew] Stuff that builds a .app by Adam Vandenberg

Stuff that builds a .app

From:: sigzero
Date:: 2011-02-14 @ 22:17

I am assuming that means "directly from the brew script". An example
would be the emacs package. The brew script doesn't build the .app the
./configure option does.

Am I reading that correctly?

Bob

Re: [homebrew] Stuff that builds a .app

From:: Mike McQuaid
Date:: 2011-02-14 @ 22:21

On 14 Feb 2011, at 22:17, sigzero wrote:

> I am assuming that means "directly from the brew script". An example
> would be the emacs package. The brew script doesn't build the .app the
> ./configure option does.
> 
> Am I reading that correctly?

No, really stuff like the Emacs and Macvim packages shouldn't really be in
Homebrew if they have DMG packages with binaries available.

It's important to understand that our policy isn't necessarily consistent 
with stuff that's already there, it's to guide people for new packages as 
it's much harder to remove stuff than add it.

--
Mike McQuaid
http://mikemcquaid.com

Re: [homebrew] Stuff that builds a .app

From:: sigzero
Date:: 2011-02-14 @ 22:24

On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 5:21 PM, Mike McQuaid <mike@mikemcquaid.com> wrote:
>
> On 14 Feb 2011, at 22:17, sigzero wrote:
>
>> I am assuming that means "directly from the brew script". An example
>> would be the emacs package. The brew script doesn't build the .app the
>> ./configure option does.
>>
>> Am I reading that correctly?
>
> No, really stuff like the Emacs and Macvim packages shouldn't really be 
in Homebrew if they have DMG packages with binaries available.
>
> It's important to understand that our policy isn't necessarily 
consistent with stuff that's already there, it's to guide people for new 
packages as it's much harder to remove stuff than add it.
>
> --
> Mike McQuaid
> http://mikemcquaid.com
>
>

Thanks for the answer.

Bob

Re: [homebrew] Stuff that builds a .app

From:: Adam Vandenberg
Date:: 2011-02-14 @ 22:30

Now that Homebrew can install from URLs or local filepaths, I've set
up a new GitHub repo for collecting stuff that's not in main repo:
https://github.com/adamv/homebrew-alt

This will replace my "duplicates" branch, and only contains formula
files, not a branch of the Homebrew code itself.
Feel free to open pull requests there.

Re: [homebrew] Stuff that builds a .app

From:: Adam Vandenberg
Date:: 2011-02-14 @ 22:20

Right, brews whose purpose is to compile-from-source something that
ends up as an .app, where there is already a well-maintained .app
download (that self-updates.)

On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 2:17 PM, sigzero <sigzero@gmail.com> wrote:
> I am assuming that means "directly from the brew script". An example
> would be the emacs package. The brew script doesn't build the .app the
> ./configure option does.
>
> Am I reading that correctly?
>
> Bob
>