On Cultural Communication Differences and Homebrew Auto‑Update Behaviour

[shemeshg]

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Homebrew/brew#21965 (comment)

I never intended to sound impolite or rude. Communication styles vary significantly across cultures, and in some parts of the world people express themselves more directly or explicitly than what may be considered acceptable in the maintainers’ culture. ChatGPT also doesn’t always help bridge those differences effectively.

I understand that auto_update has become more sophisticated and now correctly identifies the version from the info file, which is an improvement. However, having it upgrade automatically as part of a general brew upgrade is not the intended behaviour. I can see why explicitly running brew upgrade chrome should work, but it shouldn’t be triggered implicitly during a full brew upgrade. I’m referring only to the default behaviour.

Again, apologies for any unintended cross‑cultural misunderstanding.

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[MikeMcQuaid]

Thanks @shemeshg. You were not the main issue in that thread. Look at Homebrew/brew#21962 and Homebrew/brew#21946 for additional information and how you can opt-out.