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@@ -81,9 +81,9 @@ foo-ruby foo-perl etc. sucks.
### Niche (or self-submitted) Stuff<a name="Niche_Stuff"></a>
The software in question must be
-* maintained
+* maintained (e.g. upstream is still making new releases)
* known
-* stable
+* stable (e.g. not declared "unstable" or "beta" by upstream)
* used
* have a homepage
@@ -95,6 +95,11 @@ We frown on authors submitting their own work unless it is very popular.
Don’t forget Homebrew is all git underneath! Maintain your own fork or
tap if you have to!
+There may be exceptions to these rules in the main repository, we may
+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
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