What, if anything, really needs to be installed to $prefix/bin? >From the Homebrew lead maintainer.
--- Begin Message ---> doesn't this attitude complete defeat the purpose of a package manager? You're asking of the hardest working package manager maintainers in the world (@ilovezfs). Chances he has a better idea about the purpose of a package manager than you do. > I cannot understand not wanting a package because it is complicated to > install. This is perhaps because you do not maintain a package manager. > What you're suggesting is that any software using PETSc should either force > users to compile it from scratch or discontinue supporting macOS entirely. No, what's being suggested is that PETSc's currently upstream installation is a mess and we don't want to maintain the hacks required to make it not one indefinitely. You can copy and paste this formula as-is into a tap and it'll work for you just fine. > That seems like the wrong approach for a package manager. In the package manager you maintain you should take a different approach, then. > Just my opinion... If you have to end your statement like that: it's probably worth keeping quiet in future, please. --- To be clear, I'm not being harsh here because I like doing so but because this entitled, know-it-all attitude literally kills open source projects and @ilovezfs's motivation is more important to me than allowing that to go unchallenged. -- You are receiving this because you were mentioned. Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/pull/23598#issuecomment-368122755
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