formula for mermaid-cli is not pointing to latest stable.

[yogurtearl]

brew gist-logs <formula> link OR brew config AND brew doctor output

HOMEBREW_VERSION: 3.4.8
ORIGIN: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew
HEAD: c2eaeed0b5978ef3e455cc29dda7e9e0b7a0670f
Last commit: 4 days ago
Core tap ORIGIN: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core
Core tap HEAD: 23a754deb53e4df9b02b581c0075227a34764de6
Core tap last commit: 53 minutes ago
Core tap branch: master

Verification

• I ran brew update and am still able to reproduce my issue.
• I have resolved all warnings from brew doctor and that did not fix my problem.

What were you trying to do (and why)?

install latest version of mermaid-cli (9.0.3)

Tagged here:
https://github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid-cli/releases/tag/9.0.3

What happened (include all command output)?

Formula points to 8.11.0 instead of 9.0.3 (or newer)

https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/blob/HEAD/Formula/mermaid-cli.rb#L6

What did you expect to happen?

Use latest stable version.

Step-by-step reproduction instructions (by running brew commands)

`brew install mermaid-cli`

[nandahkrishna]

Multiple previous attempts to bump this formula have failed. See discussion in #93625 and #83338.

[Bo98]

As it stands mermaid-cli violates our build-from-source policy.

I think the way forward (unless there's a way to make it fit into Homebrew/core's policies) is to deprecate this and allow a third-party tap with less ties to open source to deal with it going forward.

[cho-m]

Another puppeteer-based formula currently under review is #98549 which is trying to defer browser installation to user (Firefox in their case).

The tedious way that AUR supports is building chromium from source (https://repology.org/project/chromium/versions).

[carlocab]

Building chromium from source would be a huge pain. Not to mention that they tag new builds as often as multiple times a day.

[MikeMcQuaid]

As it stands mermaid-cli violates our build-from-source policy.

I think the way forward (unless there's a way to make it fit into Homebrew/core's policies) is to deprecate this and allow a third-party tap with less ties to open source to deal with it going forward.

👍🏻

[cho-m]

Will proceed with deprecation in #100478.

Since original question was on updating to latest version, also labelled as wontfix.

[cho-m]

Closing based on decision from Homebrew side.

The way forward for mermaid-cli formula would be an external Tap, perhaps maintained by upstream or someone else. If one is created, it can be considered for documentation at https://docs.brew.sh/Interesting-Taps-and-Forks