How can I update this package without brew installed?

[6c67b9]

Do I need to download the package from the GitHub releases and install it manually every time there’s an update? Which is too annoying.

[FernandoMiguel]

why not use brew then? it's amazing and takes care of all your needs

[6c67b9]

For security reasons

[jglogan]

Sorry, I can't resist, I mean this lightheartedly.

why not use brew then? it's amazing and takes care of all your needs

...like a sane way to install and use Python.

Don't get me wrong, I love Homebrew and for container it's one of two viable options for installing it! It definitely does not take care of all of my needs.

[FernandoMiguel]

For security reasons

you can have brew build from source or get signed binaries.
what are your security considerations?

[saehejkang]

You could fork/clone the repo, follow the steps on building locally, and use the local version.

At least this way, you don't have to download the package every-time a new version is released. However, you would have to keep manually pulling the latest changes from main, in order to stay up to date.

[6c67b9]

That's even more annoying than downloading the package manually.

[jglogan]

@6c67b9 Could you describe the user experience you'd like to see for updates?

You say it's annoying to download an installer package and install it. Could you provide specifics on why it's annoying?

[6c67b9]

I want it to notify me when an update is available, and allow me to type something like “container upgrade” to download and install the update automatically. It would be better to support automatic background updates, similar to how apps update through the App Store.

[saehejkang]

@6c67b9 Take a look at #1173. It is gonna get merged soon and allows you to install the latest release automatically. It doesn't notify you when there is an update, but maybe that is something we can figure out in the near future.

[jglogan]

It's merged, and release that includes it should happen this week.