nebari-dev / nebari-dev/nebari-frames
[ENH] - decide brews to homebrew_casks migration path before any GoReleaser v3 upgrade
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- Dominant language
- Go
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Description
Feature description
Decide what to do about GoReleaser's brews deprecation before any v3 upgrade.
Current state:
.goreleaser.ymlpublishes theframesformula tonebari-dev/homebrew-tapvia thebrews:section.brewsis fully deprecated as of GoReleaser v2.16 and scheduled for removal in v3. The suggested replacement ishomebrew_casks.release.ymlpinsgoreleaser-actiontoversion: "~> v2", so nothing breaks unattended; a v3 upgrade is a deliberate act.
The catch that makes this a decision rather than a rename: casks are a macOS-only install mechanism. The formula currently installs on Linux too (the v0.1.5 release was verified with brew install nebari-dev/tap/frames inside the homebrew/brew Linux container). Renaming brews to homebrew_casks would drop linuxbrew support for the CLI.
Options when v3 gets close:
- Move to
homebrew_casksand accept macOS-only brew installs; Linux users fall back to the release archives orgo install. - Keep formula-based distribution by generating the formula outside GoReleaser (a small release step that renders the formula and pushes to the tap, replacing what
brewsdoes today). - Both: cask for macOS, self-managed formula for Linux.
No action needed until a GoReleaser v3 upgrade is on the table; the version pin is the guard.
Value and/or benefit
Prevents an unplanned loss of brew install on Linux (or a silently broken release pipeline) when someone eventually bumps GoReleaser past v2.
Anything else?
Context: nebari-frames#25 (CI rollout, where the pin was added) and the v0.1.5 release verification transcript showing the Linux brew install working.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Read .goreleaser.yml, release.yml, and the context from nebari-frames#25, then review the v0.1.5 Linux brew-install verification. Compare the three migration options and document a chosen path that preserves the intended macOS and Linux installation support before any GoReleaser v3 upgrade.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- github-actions, go
- Domain
- devops, release
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100