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• Gems, Eggs and Perl Modules.

Please note: Homebrew is not 1.0 yet. Generally it works well, but when it doesn’t we’d hope you report the bug. If it’s still broken at 1.0 you have our permission to throw a strop and make a big fuss.

Reporting Bugs

Before you report a bug, run brew doctor to diagnose known issues. If the doctor can’t help then report the bug and we’ll help you out.

Contributing

Contributing to Homebrew is easy and encouraged!

1. Fork Homebrew.
2. brew create http://example.com/foo-0.1.tar.gz
3. git commit Library/Formula/foo.rb && git push
4. Pull Request.

Please note, we now have taps for some categories of formula, ensure you fork the right repository! If unsure, submit to mxcl/homebrew/master.

If you are champing at the bit to help out these formula are outdated.

If you’d like to contribute, this stuff should help:

• Formula Cookbook
• Acceptable Formula
• git-brew-101

Community Forums

• @machomebrew
• [email protected]
• freenode.net#machomebrew

News

• Homebrew 0.9 brew-tap lands.
• Homebrew 0.8 has been released, including the “refactor” branch and some improved support for Fortran-based software.