Since no one else has answered, I'll jump in as a Racketeer using Homebrew.
I currently use the "cask" of Racket, but I did formerly use the
"minimal-racket" package. I had no need for the minimalism, but one thing I
liked about it is that (IIRC) it set the console-bin for Racket launchers
to something consistent across releases (maybe /usr/local ?).
With the cask version, Homebrew symlinks racket, raco, etc into /usr/local,
but command-line tools added by packages go into /Applications/Racket
v6.9/bin, which means I still have to remember to edit my PATH when I
install a new version of Racket. (Or perhaps there's some environment
variable I don't know about to set such things?)
In an ideal world, I'd really like Homebrew to manage configuring my PATH,
migrating installed packages, etc. automatically. (Perhaps something closer
to the "Unix-style" option from the Linux/Unix installer script.) Of
course, in practice I'm only reminded of this every few months when upgrade
time comes, vaguely think I should figure out a better solution, and then
forget about it …
-Philip
On Fri, May 19, 2017 at 5:13 PM, Vincent St-Amour <
stamo...@eecs.northwestern.edu> wrote:
> All,
>
> I've been noticing a number of people reporting issues related to the
> `minimal-racket` Homebrew formula, for Mac OS.
>
> In particular, package installation seems at least partially broken.
> The larger issue, though, is that, as far as I can tell, this formula
> is not actively maintained.
>
> Fortunately for Racketeers who like to use Homebrew, there also exists a
> "cask" (pre-built package) for Racket, built using the installers
> produced by the Racket team. To the best of my knowledge, this version
> works fine.
>
> So my question to Racket-via-Homebrew users is: is the cask sufficient
> for your purposes? If so, I'll ask the Homebrew maintainers to remove
> the broken `minimal-racket` formula. If not, and you would be interested
> in taking over its maintenance, I can add you keep you in the loop
> regarding Racket releases.
>
> Please let me know what you think.
>
> Vincent
>
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