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There is simply not enough demand to justify spending double the time on publishing every update (one build for App Store and one build for Homebrew). There are very few people that use Homebrew and cannot use the App Store. The non-App Store version is intended for users on locked down corporate computers.

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Not sure why it'd be double the time when you can just point the Homebrew version to the same download url as your app store version. Or is there no CI for this app, and you build and publish manually?

Why would it be double the time ? At this point I would assume there is a proper CI/CD process and this should just be another target.

And when you look at Homebrew users versus App Store users they are like separate circles on a Venn diagram.

I am also building a Mac app and will definitely make sure it's on Homebrew. Crazy not to.

Agreed, it really is strange how this is a point of contention for so many people in this thread. Like you, I also think Homebrew packages should be maintained by the creator, not some random user. It's weird that people are pushing a user specifically to put it on Homebrew, that's simply not the user's responsibility.

> I also think Homebrew packages should be maintained by the creator, not some random user.

Oh boy, I have some unfortunate news for you. The whole ethos of Homebrew is exactly that, userland maintaining formula for software they want... I promise you Microsoft is not maintaining the casks for their stuff. 99% of all formula in the Homebrew repo is maintained solely by volunteers unaffiliated with all of the software.

My question for you is why are you replying to everyone insistent on demanding that Sindre do all this for you, someone who will not be using the software anyways? What is your angle here? You're coming off super entitled.

Like I said in my other comment, I'm not "demanding" anything, my initial point wasn't even about Homebrew specifically but about why they're not automating their builds. I don't care whether the creator adds it or not, so it's not a demand from me at all, but it seems like you are the one who's annoyed that I'm just asking about Homebrew in the first place, calling me "entitled" for something I don't even care about.

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