aerial 4.0.8#266289
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Repurposes aerial@beta as the Aerial 4.x beta channel. Until 4.x prereleases exist on GitHub, it tracks the same 4.0.8 stable release as the main aerial cask. The livecheck switches to :github_releases + regex so future prereleases are picked up automatically.
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| caveats <<~EOS | ||
| Aerial is now a full macOS app (was previously a .saver plug-in). | ||
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| Launch Aerial.app once after install — it will install its bundled | ||
| screen saver extension and migrate settings from any previous .saver | ||
| install. Then enable "Aerial" in System Settings → Screen Saver | ||
| (or set it as a wallpaper). | ||
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| Requires macOS Sequoia (15) or later. | ||
| EOS |
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I am not sure this language is needed - we usually reserve the caveats for Homebrew specific language. I think this would be the case if someone installed the app directly / outside of Homebrew, right?
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The issue is mostly about updating, because I used to ship the screensaver as a .saver file instead of an .app (with an app extension), so I thought the message would help users understand what happens, it's a bit of a weird scenario. This is mostly only a homebrew caveat in practice.
I can remove it if you prefer though, that's no problem. Until the user actually launches the app, it won't "update" the currently installed one, if that makes sense?
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Bumps
aerialfrom 3.6.3 to 4.0.8 and migrates the cask from the legacy.saverplug-in(
JohnCoates/Aerial) to a full macOS app (AerialScreensaver/Aerial).Changes
screen_saver "Aerial.saver"→app "Aerial.app"JohnCoates/Aerial→AerialScreensaver/Aerialdepends_on :macos→depends_on macos: ">= :sequoia"(Aerial 4.x targets macOS 15)com.JohnCoates.Aerial→com.glouel.Aerial-App, withuninstall quit:for the menu-barprocess
auto_updates true— Aerial ships its own Sparkle updater, so the on-disk binary version may divergefrom the cask version
zapupdated for the new bundle paths; legacy.saverpaths retained so users upgrading from 3.x geta clean filesystem
caveatsexplaining the.saver→.apptransition and the macOS 15 requirementChecklist
brew style --fix aerial— no offensesbrew audit --cask --strict aerial— no errorsbrew install --cask aerial— app installs to/Applications, launches, first-launch wizardappears, screen saver extension registers via pluginkit
brew uninstall --cask --zap aerial— app and listed zap paths clearedlivecheck(:github_latest) confirmed working against the newAerialScreensaver/Aerialreleases