[lucideer]

You're a user - I'm purely referring to contributors.

It's clearly gained popularity for good reasons - it's an API that is very user-oriented, with reasonably good UX for most people. The downsides are mainly related to issues users don't see (i.e. security).

[ptx]

What are some of the security issues? (Just curious. I don't use Homebrew.)

[lucideer]

Homebrew adds a location to your $PATH that is writable by unprivileged users. This means any non-root process has privileges to mask any binary on your system. They do this in the name of "convenience" - so that the Homebrew process can install apps without the user entering their password every time.

[shepherdjerred]

You're right, I misread your comment.