> The author should have taken the time to state that homebrew doesn't offer features such as (…). A bit unfair, though, because that was probably never Homebrew's mission.
Depends on the wording. It’s perfectly fair to say “I use Nix instead of Homebrew because the former supports X which is useful to do Y”. That way it’s not important if Homebrew intends to have Y or not, it just clarifies what the author cares about in a package manager and the reader is better informed if they care about the same things.
Or they could’ve not mentioned Homebrew at all. There’s zero positives to that sentence in that post.
Depends on the wording. It’s perfectly fair to say “I use Nix instead of Homebrew because the former supports X which is useful to do Y”. That way it’s not important if Homebrew intends to have Y or not, it just clarifies what the author cares about in a package manager and the reader is better informed if they care about the same things.
Or they could’ve not mentioned Homebrew at all. There’s zero positives to that sentence in that post.