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diff --git a/docs/Acceptable-Formulae.md b/docs/Acceptable-Formulae.md index d9606aa28..d600a31a0 100644 --- a/docs/Acceptable-Formulae.md +++ b/docs/Acceptable-Formulae.md @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Some formulae should not go in additional [Interesting Taps & Forks](Interesting-Taps-&-Forks.md) and anyone can start their own! -### We try hard to avoid dupes in Homebrew/homebrew +### We try hard to avoid dupes in `homebrew/core` Stuff that comes with macOS or libraries that are provided by [RubyGems, CPAN or PyPi](Gems,-Eggs-and-Perl-Modules.md) should not be duplicated. There are good reasons for this: @@ -19,8 +19,7 @@ There are exceptions: * OpenSSL - Apple has formally deprecated OpenSSL on macOS in favour of their own Security Framework & consequently the macOS OpenSSL is rarely updated and frequently falls behind important security updates. - Homebrew endeavours to use our shipped OpenSSL as much - as possible. + Homebrew endeavours to use our shipped OpenSSL as much as possible. * Programs that a user will regularly interact with directly, like editors and language runtimes * Libraries that provide functionality or contain security updates not found in @@ -57,7 +56,7 @@ that stuff on demand. Or there is a command-line switch where you can 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 +Our policy is that formulae in the core tap ([homebrew/core](https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core)) must be open-source and either built from source or produce cross-platform binaries (e.g. Java). Binary-only formulae should go to @@ -101,7 +100,7 @@ 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 an .app +### Stuff that builds an `.app` Don’t make your formula build an `.app` (native macOS Application); we don’t want those things in Homebrew (but [Homebrew Cask](https://github.com/caskroom/homebrew-cask) does). |