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200 mentions on Hacker News by 157 people: 22 stories, 178 comments · first 2016-04-04 · latest 2026-09-13

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  1. Related: ongoing compatibility table compiled by the Homebrew team: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/issues/7857 . (Please respect the team and refrain from polluting the thread. If in doubt check the comments marked off topic.)
    comment by oefrha · 2020-07-13 · in Building Elixir from source segfaults on macOS on Apple Silicon while compiling
  2. This is hardly new. The page you're linking has been in their Github since Oct 2018. https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/blob/master/docs/Analytics....
    comment by NeckBeardPrince · 2019-12-19 · in Show HN: Homebrew now auto enables analytics
  3. This is not new, it's been around since 2016: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/commit/1238c65ba14831bc571c...
    comment by laurent123456 · 2019-11-27 · in Homebrew 2.2
  4. …it. On MacOS they rely on sandbox-exec which uses the sandboxing mechanism provided by the kernel: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/blob/e2c76cce8e01fd80e0910d... https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/blob/master/Library/Homebre...
    comment by brianpgordon · 2019-11-10 · in Curl to shell isn't so bad
  5. …and scripts are supposedly downloaded from GitHub. With supposedly anonymous user analytics: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/blob/master/docs/Analytics....
    comment by dmitriid · 2019-11-09 · in Curl to shell isn't so bad
  6. …and we’re nowhere near the end. Sad to see you go though! Happy to welcome you back anytime. [1]: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/issues/142#issuecomment-214... [2]: https://twitter.com/MacHomebrew/status/1119288776830926850 [3]:…
    comment by Hackbraten · 2019-04-30 · in Thoughts on macOS Package Managers
  7. …tracker, and the state of it. Endless snark about "we don't support old versions". Fun like this: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/issues/5675#issuecomment-46... It's a good tool, just don't expect any support with it, ever. I kind of feel…
    comment by Doctor_Fegg · 2019-04-30 · in Thoughts on macOS Package Managers
  8. …more. It is limited by network speed, not by string searching. Edit: explained better here: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/issues/3056#issuecomment-32...
    comment by bjoli · 2019-04-19 · in Types will be part of Ruby 3 stdlib source
  9. Also: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/issues/5514 - No more HOMEBREW_BUILD_FROM_SOURCE
    comment by ChrisCinelli · 2019-03-04 · in Brew stopped accepting custom options for packages and installing from source
  10. …decide how to prioritize our work. It’s also literally the opposite of quietly enabled [1] [2]. [1] https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/blob/e32c1515432a938093d5ef... [2] https://docs.brew.sh/Analytics
    comment by Hackbraten · 2019-02-07 · in Homebrew 2.0.0 released
  11. https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/4864 The comment that Mike edited is the last one. Clicking on the "edited by MikeMcQuiad" allows you to see the different versions.
    comment by Hamuko · 2019-02-03 · in Homebrew 2.0.0 released
  12. Yeh, we did: - https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/pull/35169 - https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/5390
    comment by mikemcquaid · 2019-01-09 · in Homebrew 1.9.0
  13. …man page [1] on GitHub and apparently the environment variable to set is: HOMEBREW_NO_AUTO_UPDATE https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/blob/master/docs/Manpage.md
    comment by paultopia · 2019-01-09 · in Homebrew 1.9.0
  14. From https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/5383 : > This would have avoided Homebrew/homebrew-core#34754 which links to: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/issues/34754 tl;dr One user had binutils force-linked, causing cmake to pick…
    comment by Hackbraten · 2019-01-09 · in Homebrew 1.9.0
  15. …on an extension level. Homebrew also has it included with a pretty good description why I think: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/blob/master/docs/Analytics....
    comment by dewey · 2018-08-30 · in Changing Our Approach to Anti-Tracking
  16. …package is not officially supported, according to this comment from an apparent Apple employee: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/4334#issuecomment-4029... . I'm sure it'll be fine and there will be growing pains as with all OS…
    comment by jonchang · 2018-07-16 · in Homebrew 1.7.0
  17. …management tools I think it would be helpful here to distinguish Homebrew-as-package-manager ( https://github.com/Homebrew/brew ) from Homebrew-as-repository ( https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core ). As a technology or stack of…
    comment by pxc · 2018-04-28 · in Installing Fonts Using Homebrew
  18. Your first statement is misleading. It is not trivially associated to your IP. See: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/blob/master/Library/Homebre... https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection...…
    comment by rhencke · 2018-04-08 · in Anonymous Aggregate User Behaviour Analytics (2016)
  19. …. We also have symbol support for Ruby and many other languages, see https://sourcegraph.com/github.com/Homebrew/brew and symbol search screen recording https://cl.ly/0p2a131B3r04 . -- Linda, PM @ Sourcegraph
    comment by lindax · 2018-03-13 · in Sourcegraph Server 2.6: Symbol search for 75+ languages
  20. …Commands Manual SANDBOX-EXEC(1) NAME sandbox-exec -- execute within a sandbox (DEPRECATED) [0]: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/blob/master/Library/Homebre...
    comment by lloeki · 2018-02-11 · in Sandboxed Mac apps can record screen any time without you knowing
  21. Writing a formula is pretty straight forward [1]. Just submit a PR to homebrew. 1. https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/blob/master/docs/Formula-Co...
    comment by michaelmcmillan · 2018-01-31 · in GRV – Git Repository Viewer
  22. > Where's the tip jar? here: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/3568/files#diff-04c6e9...
    comment by draugadrotten · 2018-01-19 · in Homebrew 1.5.0
  23. …was an announcement[0] a couple of years ago that certainly provoked a lot of debate on HN[1]. [0] https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/blob/master/docs/Analytics.... [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11566720
    comment by jdmnd · 2017-12-11 · in Homebrew 1.4.0
  24. …- Apache license - https://github.com/chocolatey/choco Homebrew (for Mac) - BSD license - https://github.com/Homebrew/brew Scoop (as previously mentioned) - Public Domain - https://github.com/lukesampson/scoop Comparing Scoop to…
    comment by lstamour · 2017-11-27 · in Telerik gets Fiddler unlisted from Chocolatey
  25. …check boxes on compliance requirements, not to provide any provide actual anonymity to users. [1] https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/blob/fd4fe3b80cab9902437016... [2] https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/2763052?hl=en
    comment by pdkl95 · 2017-09-04 · in HomeBrew Analytics – top 1000 packages installed over last year
  26. They use Google Analytics. Here's there post about it https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/blob/master/docs/Analytics.... There are also instructions on how to opt-out.
    comment by lamlam · 2017-09-04 · in HomeBrew Analytics – top 1000 packages installed over last year
  27. …build an old formula for compatibility reasons, but all prior work is available for reference. [1]: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/blob/master/docs/How-to-Cre...
    comment by woodruffw · 2017-09-04 · in HomeBrew Analytics – top 1000 packages installed over last year
  28. …those considerations a little bit more transparent. Edit: I've created a PR to fix the language: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/3120
    comment by woodruffw · 2017-09-04 · in HomeBrew Analytics – top 1000 packages installed over last year
  29. …codebase, written the day this feature was released. # disable homebrew from tracking metrics # see https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/blob/master/docs/Analytics.md HOMEBREW_NO_ANALYTICS=1
    comment by teej · 2017-09-04 · in HomeBrew Analytics – top 1000 packages installed over last year
  30. …option - out of date. > Homebrew's analytics are accessible to Homebrew's current maintainers. https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/blob/master/docs/Analytics.... Yeah, I know, my tinfoil hat is quite elaborate. EDIT: Like I said, my tinfoil…
    comment by falcolas · 2017-09-04 · in HomeBrew Analytics – top 1000 packages installed over last year
  31. …contributing to opensource. Now I'm doing Google Summer of Code under the same organization. [1] https://github.com/homebrew/brew
    comment by xz0r · 2017-07-21 · in Ask HN: How do you invite contributors to contribute on your project?
  32. …has installed in Homebrew, poses any meaningful risk to me. That said, if you feel otherwise, see https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/blob/master/docs/Analytics.... on how to make Homebrew not send analytics data any more.
    comment by throwanem · 2017-07-09 · in A JavaScript browser library fails due to an adblocker blacklisting 'beacon.js'
  33. That one is actually documented in their repository: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/blob/master/docs/Analytics....
    comment by vbrandl · 2017-07-09 · in A JavaScript browser library fails due to an adblocker blacklisting 'beacon.js'
  34. Its explained at the very beginning of README :) https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/blob/master/docs/Formula-Co...
    comment by xz0r · 2017-05-01 · in Homebrew 1.2.0
  35. …the latest installable package, and not the version you actually have installed. Also things like: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/issues/2402 It tries to do too much and ends up being a never ending surprise from hell. (The solution to…
    comment by gonyea · 2017-04-15 · in What the Hackintosh community wants in the new modular Mac Pro
  36. …be more interested in helping make macs work well for developers rather than Apple, imo... https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/graphs/contributors
    comment by x0x0 · 2017-04-07 · in Phil Schiller, Craig Federighi and John Ternus on the State of Apple’s Pro Macs
  37. …all of them: Npm: https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/install Bundler: https://bundler.io/git.html Homebrew: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew
    comment by amingilani · 2017-02-24 · in Linus' reply on Git and SHA-1 collision
  38. citation needed https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/blob/master/docs/Analytics....
    comment by StreamBright · 2017-01-26 · in Avoid Non-Microsoft Antivirus Software
  39. This is no longer the case, as of Homebrew 1.0. See this change: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/pull/896
    comment by superchink · 2016-12-02 · in Htop explained
  40. < plus the requirement that you own /usr/local no, this is not required anymore... https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/commit/a2f19f0a675f7cb384b4... > You can't have multiple users able to use homebrew what i did is i run Homebrew as a user…
    comment by DavideNL · 2016-12-02 · in Htop explained
  41. …current settings using # brew analytics state and switch it off # brew analytics off More info - https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/blob/master/docs/Analytics....
    comment by golanggeek · 2016-11-25 · in Brew commands send data to Google Analytics
  42. From https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/blob/master/docs/Analytics.... : > As far as we can tell it would be impossible for Google to match the randomly generated Homebrew-only analytics user ID to any other Google Analytics user ID. If…
    comment by dictum · 2016-11-25 · in Brew commands send data to Google Analytics
  43. You can disable it by setting the ENV variable HOMEBREW_NO_ANALYTICS. https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/blob/master/Library/Homebre...
    comment by ciraci_nicolo · 2016-11-25 · in Brew commands send data to Google Analytics
  44. …option should have been available in their man page. But anyway they have clearly mentioned it. https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/blob/master/docs/Analytics.... If they want data, I will happily fill up their survey form but please don't…
    comment by aq3cn · 2016-11-25 · in Brew commands send data to Google Analytics
  45. …You can disable that feature in the same way you would disable cookies in your web browser. [1]: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/blob/master/docs/Analytics....
    comment by marioflach · 2016-11-25 · in Brew commands send data to Google Analytics
  46. It's outlined here: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/blob/master/docs/Analytics....
    comment by cygned · 2016-11-25 · in Brew commands send data to Google Analytics
  47. Sounds quite reasonable to me when you read it: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/blob/master/docs/Analytics....
    comment by tbarbugli · 2016-11-25 · in Brew commands send data to Google Analytics
  48. …Alternatively, this will prevent analytics from ever being sent: brew analytics off [0]: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/blob/master/docs/Analytics....
    comment by antouank · 2016-11-25 · in Brew commands send data to Google Analytics
  49. …brew collects I would hardly call personally identifiable. Take a look at what they collect: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/blob/master/docs/Analytics....
    comment by daenney · 2016-11-25 · in Brew commands send data to Google Analytics
  50. https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/blob/master/docs/Analytics.... (This link is provided in the initial notification)
    comment by andrewguenther · 2016-11-25 · in Brew commands send data to Google Analytics