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by _ea1k 2689 days ago
I believe that brew makes it much easier to support multiple versions of the same package installed simultaneously.
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Yes, I like Homebrew's GNU stow - like capabilities of linking stuff in and out of your environment.

A word of warning, however: Homebrew 2.0 removes your old formula from the Cellar when upgrading. If you want to disable this you must set HOMEBREW_NO_INSTALL_CLEANUP in your environment if you want to hold on to those older versions.