diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 38cbcd3..b72677c 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ All my old Intel Mac hardware is dead, and I'm not inclined to spend additional First, if you've already installed FUSE formulae from the core tap _before_ they were disabled, you might _not_ want to switch over to my formulae, because: 1. As far as I know, Homebrew will not remove them from your system, even after the formulae themselves are deleted. -2. Many of these formulae are rather old, so you're unlikely to find updates anyway. +1. Many of these formulae are rather old, so you're unlikely to find updates anyway. But if you _do_ want to install my formulae over the core ones, you should uninstall the core formulae first. @@ -30,14 +30,14 @@ It's probably available, but with a `-mac` suffix to avoid name clashes with Hom If you can't find it under its new name, possible reasons include: 1. All available versions of `XYZ` require version 3 of the libfuse API, but macFUSE only supports v2. -2. I might not have gotten around to getting it up. [File an issue](https://github.com/gromgit/homebrew-fuse/issues/new/choose) to get my attention. 😀 +1. I might not have gotten around to getting it up. [File an issue](https://github.com/gromgit/homebrew-fuse/issues/new/choose) to get my attention. 😀 ### Why is XYZ so old? Possible reasons: -1. Current `XYZ` requires libfuse v3, so I found and bottled the last version that requires libfuse v2. -2. `XYZ` was abandoned by its authors. If you know of a revived fork of such software, [file an issue](https://github.com/gromgit/homebrew-fuse/issues/new/choose) with the details and I'll see what can be done. -3. I might not have gotten around to updating it yet. [File an issue](https://github.com/gromgit/homebrew-fuse/issues/new/choose) to get my attention. 😀 +1. Current `XYZ` requires FUSE 3, which is not supported by all known macOS FUSE drivers, so the version you see is the latest one that can be built on macOS. +1. `XYZ` was abandoned by its authors. If you know of a revived fork of such software, [file an issue](https://github.com/gromgit/homebrew-fuse/issues/new/choose) with the details and I'll see what can be done. +1. I might not have gotten around to updating it yet. [File an issue](https://github.com/gromgit/homebrew-fuse/issues/new/choose) to get my attention. 😀 ### Why is the XYZ formula called `XYZ-mac`? @@ -54,3 +54,14 @@ All my old Intel Mac hardware is dead, so I'm relying now on the free GitHub run ### Why can't I build XYZ on an ARM Mac? Homebrew currently [filters out `/usr/local` entirely during ARM-based builds](https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/blob/04532cb6216b69a5b067aa7a4e22cff0944b257d/Library/Homebrew/shims/super/cc#L266-L270). I've devised a workaround for this, that seems to work well on both Intel and ARM GitHub runners. If you still can't build it, please [file an issue](https://github.com/gromgit/homebrew-fuse/issues/new/choose). + +## Why aren't you using fuse-t in place of MacFUSE? + +As of 2025-Feb-16, [fuse-t](https://github.com/macos-fuse-t/fuse-t) is certainly interesting, but not enough of an improvement to make me force everyone to move over. + +For this to happen, at least one of the following needs to happen: + +1. **open source**, so there's a hope of getting it into Homebrew core _a la_ `libfuse{,@2}`, and get rid of all the `require` hackery in these formulae +1. **FUSE 2 and 3 support**, so we're not stuck in the past with half these formulae, but are still able to build older FUSE 2 formulae + +If any macOS FUSE implementation achieves *all* the above, I'm prepared to move everything over. Heck, if point 1 is achieved, this repo may itself become defunct.