> Linux distributions don't depend on running random code from GitHub repositories like Homebrew does, it has package repositories.
Is the Homebrew github repo not a package repository?
Is the Homebrew github repo not a package repository?
Debian, for example, has trusted build systems that compile packages for their package repositories, and some packages already have reproducible builds[1].
Package repositories on Linux tend to provide the sources and binaries needed to install software. Homebrew just supplies formulas on GitHub, which only contain instructions on how to fetch and install externally hosted binaries, or instructions on how to fetch and install via externally hosted source code.
It’s not the case that anyone can upload a malicious formula, either. They do review requests to update formulas.