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authorMike McQuaid2016-07-15 22:05:03 +0100
committerGitHub2016-07-15 22:05:03 +0100
commit91d32e77adf743510f0873e9195b3fe0dc065efd (patch)
tree80bd0194dba6d4e59513133b6c4ab4b7dd3befc8 /share
parent3d06f883b9dd3cf0f3e5a431551206d77a8d46e7 (diff)
downloadbrew-91d32e77adf743510f0873e9195b3fe0dc065efd.tar.bz2
Deprecate homebrew/binary. (#512)
We're moving more stuff to Homebrew Cask which is better maintained and run.
Diffstat (limited to 'share')
-rw-r--r--share/doc/homebrew/Acceptable-Formulae.md18
-rw-r--r--share/doc/homebrew/Interesting-Taps-&-Branches.md10
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/share/doc/homebrew/Acceptable-Formulae.md b/share/doc/homebrew/Acceptable-Formulae.md
index 81178747e..e8ee2f0d6 100644
--- a/share/doc/homebrew/Acceptable-Formulae.md
+++ b/share/doc/homebrew/Acceptable-Formulae.md
@@ -57,9 +57,10 @@ point it to the downloaded archive in order to avoid loading.
### We don’t like binary formulae
Our policy is that formulae in the core repository
-([homebrew/core](https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core)) must be built
-from source (or produce cross-platform binaries like e.g. Java). Binary-only
-formulae should go to [homebrew/binary](https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-binary) or [homebrew-cask](https://github.com/caskroom/homebrew-cask).
+([homebrew/core](https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core)) must be open-source
+and either built from source or produce cross-platform binaries like e.g. Java).
+Binary-only formulae should go to
+[Homebrew Cask](https://github.com/caskroom/homebrew-cask).
### Stable versions
Formulae in the core repository must have a stable version tagged by
@@ -102,14 +103,11 @@ include things that don't meet these criteria or reject things that do.
Please trust that we need to use our discretion based on our experience
running a package manager.
-### Stuff that builds a .app
+### Stuff that builds an .app
Don’t make your formula build an `.app` (native OS X Application); we
-don’t want those things in Homebrew. Make it build a command line tool
-or a library. However, we have a few exceptions to that, e.g. when the
-App is just additional to CLI or if the GUI-application is non-native
-for OS X and/or hard to get in binary elsewhere (example: fontforge).
-Check out the [homebrew-cask](https://github.com/caskroom/homebrew-cask)
-project if you’d like to brew native OS X Applications.
+don’t want those things in Homebrew (but
+[Homebrew Cask](https://github.com/caskroom/homebrew-cask) does).
+Make it build a command-line tool or a library.
### Sometimes there are exceptions
Even if all criteria are met we may not accept the formula.
diff --git a/share/doc/homebrew/Interesting-Taps-&-Branches.md b/share/doc/homebrew/Interesting-Taps-&-Branches.md
index a09797fa7..6c0776aab 100644
--- a/share/doc/homebrew/Interesting-Taps-&-Branches.md
+++ b/share/doc/homebrew/Interesting-Taps-&-Branches.md
@@ -6,9 +6,7 @@ Homebrew has the capability to add (and remove) multiple taps to your local inst
* [homebrew/apache](https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-apache): A tap for Apache modules, extending OS X's built-in Apache. These brews may require unconventional additional setup, as explained in the caveats.
-* [homebrew/binary](https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-binary): Precompiled binary formulae.
-
-* [homebrew/boneyard](https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-boneyard): Formula are not deleted, they are moved here.
+* [homebrew/boneyard](https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-boneyard): Formulae from other official taps, primarily (homebrew/core) are not deleted, they are moved here.
* [homebrew/bundle](https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-bundle): Bundler for non-Ruby dependencies from Homebrew.
@@ -32,6 +30,8 @@ Homebrew has the capability to add (and remove) multiple taps to your local inst
* [homebrew/science](https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-science): A collection of scientific libraries and tools.
+* [homebrew/services](https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-services): A tool to start Homebrew formulae's plists with `launchctl`.
+
* [homebrew/versions](https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-versions): Need e.g. older or newer versions of Postgresql? Older versions of GCC?
* [homebrew/x11](https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-x11): Formulae with hard X11 dependencies.
@@ -56,9 +56,7 @@ You can be added as a maintainer for one of the Homebrew organization taps and a
* [mistydemeo/tigerbrew](https://github.com/mistydemeo/tigerbrew): Experimental Tiger PowerPC version
-* [homebrew/linuxbrew](https://github.com/Homebrew/linuxbrew): Experimental Linux version
-
-* [nddrylliog/homebrew-mingw](https://github.com/nddrylliog/homebrew-mingw): An experimental port of Homebrew for Windows (with an MSYS/MinGW environment).
+* [Linuxbrew/brew](https://github.com/Linuxbrew/brew): Experimental Linux version
## Technical Details