[ubertaco]

EDIT: if you're reading my comment, please see the response from Mike McQuaid, who's the _current_ project leader for Homebrew. It's good to know Max isn't involved over there anymore! Gonna leave my original comment below this line, so that the context still makes sense:

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That fact paired with the fact that the guy behind Tea.xyz is the same as the guy behind Homebrew makes me _really_ distrust Homebrew going forward.

He's taking money from known crypto scammers to launch AI-generated nonsense (the pkgx nonsense from HN the other day) and abusive crypto-monetization patterns (this tea.xyz thing).

His biggest claim to fame was...a ripoff of the Arch User Repository, which is useful, sure, but not something that instills a lot of confidence in the "wants to promote himself off the back of others' work" aspect of his résumé thus far.

Gonna look into good alternatives to Homebrew.

[mikemcquaid]

It’s completely unrelated to Homebrew. We have zero connection to anything related to Tea and Max hasn’t been involved with Homebrew for the best part of a decade.

Mike McQuaid, Homebrew Project Leader and Homebrew maintainer for the last 15 years.

[ubertaco]

Hey, thanks for responding! That's reassuring, but...how much input would Max still have to Homebrew if he chose to "return"? Like, if tomorrow Max decides that Homebrew is a great vector for another crypto scam, will the existing group of maintainers be able (and willing) to reject any changes in that direction?

[mikemcquaid]

Yes. Max would have to have all his PRs reviewed until he contributes enough to be a maintainer and then would have to run for any/all committees or the Project Leader role in elections. He has the same chances anyone else on the internet does.

[saghul]

IIRC he stepped away from Homebrew years ago. See https://github.com/Homebrew/brew/graphs/contributors

[bombcar]

This is significantly disturbing, as homebrew is one of those "single maintainer load bearing part of the Internet" for many development processes.