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byronknoll / cmix

cmix is a lossless data compression program aimed at optimizing compression ratio at the cost of high CPU/memory usage.
http://www.byronknoll.com/cmix.html
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brew install cmix #2

Closed maximveksler closed 5 years ago

maximveksler commented 8 years ago

Having the tool available through Homebrew can be useful.

I am currently able to confirm make builds the binary on Mac.

byronknoll commented 8 years ago

What is the advantage of Homebrew over make? It seems like make does the same thing, but works on multiple platforms. I don't have a Mac, so it would also be difficult for me to configure/test this.

alexpreynolds commented 8 years ago

It is a popular package manager for open-source Unix and scientific software on OS X. There is a version of Homebrew for Linux called Linuxbrew (http://linuxbrew.sh).

It like yum or get-apt etc. on Linux, except that it uses Github to make it easier for developers to add and maintain a "recipe" or package manifest, and it generally does not require sudo privileges on the part of the end user.

If you make your software available through package managers, it makes it easier to distribute and gain broader adoption, which may or may not be of interest.

byronknoll commented 8 years ago

Makes sense - yeah it sounds like it could be useful. However, I don't want to create a Homebrew formula for cmix without having a Mac to test it on. I will keep this issue open in case someone else wants to create it.

mfilippov commented 5 years ago

I made PR in Homebrew: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/pull/39024

mfilippov commented 5 years ago

Homebrew accepted my PR, the issue could be closed.

byronknoll commented 5 years ago

Thanks for the help!