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Acceptable Formulae: clarify rules.

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Some clarification on these given discussion in https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew/pull/35853.

Closes Homebrew/homebrew#35880.

Signed-off-by: Mike McQuaid <mike@mikemcquaid.com>
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@ -81,9 +81,9 @@ foo-ruby foo-perl etc. sucks.
### Niche (or self-submitted) Stuff<a name="Niche_Stuff"></a> ### Niche (or self-submitted) Stuff<a name="Niche_Stuff"></a>
The software in question must be The software in question must be
* maintained * maintained (e.g. upstream is still making new releases)
* known * known
* stable * stable (e.g. not declared "unstable" or "beta" by upstream)
* used * used
* have a homepage * have a homepage
@ -95,6 +95,11 @@ We frown on authors submitting their own work unless it is very popular.
Don’t forget Homebrew is all git underneath! Maintain your own fork or Don’t forget Homebrew is all git underneath! Maintain your own fork or
tap if you have to! tap if you have to!
There may be exceptions to these rules in the main repository, we may
include things that don't meet these criteria or reject things that do.
Please trust that we need to use our discretion based on our experience
running a package manager.
### Stuff that builds a .app ### Stuff that builds a .app
Don’t make your formula build an `.app` (native OS X Application), we Don’t make your formula build an `.app` (native OS X Application), we
don’t want those things in Homebrew. Make it build a command line tool don’t want those things in Homebrew. Make it build a command line tool