[GitHub] alexkli commented on issue #153: Availability of CLI via Homebrew

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alexkli commented on issue #153: Availability of CLI via Homebrew
URL: https://github.com/apache/incubator-openwhisk-cli/issues/153#issuecomment-459919832
 
 
   Both [wsk](https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/blob/master/Formula/wsk.rb) and [wskdeploy](https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/blob/master/Formula/wskdeploy.rb) are now available on homebrew. So I think this issue can be closed.
   
   **However**, for `wsk` only the 6 month old 0.0.9-incubating version is available, while the [latest release](https://github.com/apache/incubator-openwhisk-cli/releases/tag/latest) isn't - and it includes some important new features like concurrency.
   
   As a quick fix, I added a custom `wsk-latest` formula in my custom homebrew tap:
   
   ```
   # only if you have wsk installed through homebrew
   brew unlink wsk
   
   brew tap alexkli/tap
   brew install alexkli/tap/wsk-latest
   
   wsk property get --cliversion
   > whisk CLI version	2019-01-26T20:01:45.357+0000
   ```
   
   But this is a bit annoying because of the `brew unlink` and switching back and forth between the two. With a separate formula, homebrew does not know that this is the same software, just a pre-release version.
   
   IIUC, `latest` is not considered a stable release (e.g. it does not have a version number) and would be opt-in for early adopters. In Homebrew this can be done properly by adding a [devel version](https://docs.brew.sh/Formula-Cookbook#unstable-versions-devel-head) in the formula, that can be installed using `brew install --devel wsk`.
   
   Would be cool if someone wants to tackle that - I could maybe in 2 weeks. And should that be a separate issue?

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