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Software-update: Homebrew 5.0.0

Homebrew is een pakketbeheerder die wordt bijgehouden door een groep vrijwilligers, waarbij vanuit verschillende 'taps' (pakketbronnen) 'formula' (softwarepakketten) kunnen worden geïnstalleerd via de terminal. Homebrew begon als een project om een tot dan toe ontbrekende pakketbeheerder aan te bieden op macOS, maar Homebrew biedt al langer ook ondersteuning voor Linux. Inmiddels zijn de Homebrew-repository's op GitHub uitgegroeid tot de grootste qua aantallen bijdragers. Via zogeheten 'casks' is het verder mogelijk om apps en lettertypen te installeren en beheren op een macOS-installatie. Versie 5.0 is uitgekomen en de belangrijkste veranderingen ten opzichte van versie 4.6 zijn hieronder voor je samengevat:

Homebrew 5.0.0

Today, I’d like to announce Homebrew 5.0.0. The most significant changes since 4.6.0 are download concurrency by default, official support for Linux ARM64/AArch64, timescales for deprecating macOS Intel and removing macOS Gatekeeper bypass behaviours.

Major changes and deprecations since 4.6.0:
  • HOMEBREW_DOWNLOAD_CONCURRENCY=auto is set by default. This enables parallel downloads by default for all users. It can be disabled by setting HOMEBREW_DOWNLOAD_CONCURRENCY=1. Concurrent downloads now have progress reporting. We expect there may be a long-tail of issues, please report them!
  • Homebrew has promoted Linux ARM64/AArch64 to Tier 1 support.
  • Casks without codesigning are deprecated. We will disable all Homebrew/homebrew-cask casks that fail Gatekeeper checks in September 2026.
  • Homebrew now provides official macOS 26 (Tahoe) support. Homebrew’s future macOS support is noted in our Support Tiers document at https://docs.brew.sh/Support-Tiers#future-macos-support.In September (or later) 2026, Homebrew will not run on macOS Catalina 10.15 and earlier and macOS Intel x86_64 will move to Tier 3, dropping CI support and no additional bottles (binary packages) will be built for macOS Intel.In September (or later) 2027, Homebrew will not run on macOS Big Sur 11 on Apple Silicon or at all on Intel x86_64.
  • In September (or later) 2026, Homebrew will not run on macOS Catalina 10.15 and earlier and macOS Intel x86_64 will move to Tier 3, dropping CI support and no additional bottles (binary packages) will be built for macOS Intel.
  • In September (or later) 2027, Homebrew will not run on macOS Big Sur 11 on Apple Silicon or at all on Intel x86_64.
  • HOMEBREW_USE_INTERNAL_API allows opt-in to the new, smaller internal Homebrew JSON API. This will become the default behaviour in a later version of Homebrew. Please consider opting-in now and reporting any issues you encounter.
  • --no-quarantine and --quarantine flags have been deprecated as Homebrew does not wish to easily provide circumvention to macOS security features.
  • Various other deprecations/disables/removals.
    • Other changes since 4.6.0 I’d like to highlight are the following:
  • brew bundle supports installing go packages in Brewfile. brew bundle --no-go and HOMEBREW_BUNDLE_DUMP_NO_GO will opt-out of this behaviour.
  • brew bundle defaults the global Brewfile location to the user configuration directory.
  • brew bump-*-pr will automatically tap core taps if needed.
  • brew doctor skips the disclaimer when --quiet is passed.
  • brew doctor warns on a pkg-config macOS SDK version mismatch.
  • brew mcp-server provides more development commands.
  • brew search --alpine searches Alpine Linux packages.
  • brew services supports keep_alive systemctl services with Restart=on-failure.
  • brew info --sizes shows the sizes of each formula and cask.
  • brew audit will do online checks for Codeberg repositories.
  • brew lgtm runs multiple style checks in one command.
  • brew release now runs the release workflow and uploads artifacts. This means Homebrew/brew now uses immutable releases.
  • brew style --changed checks style on all changed files in a repository or tap.
  • Homebrew/homebrew-test-bot, Homebrew/homebrew-portable-ruby and Homebrew/command-not-found were imported into Homebrew/brew. This means all Homebrew external commands have now been moved into primary repositories (Homebrew/brew, Homebrew/homebrew-core or Homebrew/homebrew-cask).
  • /usr/local prefix replacement is more selective to increase the number of relocatable bottles.
  • launchctl service removal sudo failures are non-fatal.
  • CGO_ENABLED is enabled by default on ARM64 Linux.
  • pkgconf will be reinstalled automatically on a macOS version mismatch.
  • rubydoc.brew.sh has been redirected to docs.brew.sh/rubydoc.
  • head Git URLs always require a branch name.
  • HOMEBREW_FORBIDDEN_CASK_ARTIFACTS allows selectively blocking cask install methods.
  • HOMEBREW_DEVELOPER is required when installing formulae from paths.
  • Formula’s compatibility_version DSL will help us reduce the number of upgrades needed in future.
  • Formula’s no_linkage DSL will help stricter linkage detection and avoid issues.
  • Formulae can be migrated to casks within the same tap.
  • Linux’s host libstdc++ (instead of gcc) is used for automatically determining if a brewed gcc dependency is needed.
  • Homebrew will avoid downloading JSON API files multiple times per run.
  • Homebrew no longer provides CI for macOS Ventura in Homebrew/core.
  • Homebrew’s Linux CI uses GCC 12.
  • Homebrew will not run on macOS Mojave and older.
  • Homebrew prefers LLVM’s clang over gcc on macOS.
  • Homebrew defaults to -O2 with gcc.
  • Dependencies are resolved correctly when installing older bottles.
  • Casks are better supported and have better usability on Linux.
    • Finally:
  • We have clarified our stance on adult content in Homebrew formulae and casks.
  • We have loosened our criteria for accepting software into Homebrew.
  • Homebrew accepts donations through GitHub Sponsors, OpenCollective and Patreon. If you can afford it, please consider donating.

    • Source: Tweakers.net

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