chore(release): publish a cask instead of a formula#160
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`brews:` was deprecated in GoReleaser v2.16, and `goreleaser check` has been failing on it. Homebrew's own guidance is that a cask, not a formula, is the right vehicle for a pre-compiled binary: the formula path generated something that only pretended to build from source. The conversion is not purely mechanical. A cask-installed binary is subject to Gatekeeper, which a formula-installed one was not, so the release archives -- unnotarized -- are quarantined and refuse to start on macOS. The post-install hook strips the attribute; without it this change would ship a package that installs cleanly and then will not run. The formula's `test:` block has no cask equivalent and is dropped. Both binaries (tokenops and tokenopsd) are listed; quarantine is stripped across staged_path to cover the pair. Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01BFsL9VmX5KHW8cnLMRPei3
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brews:was deprecated in GoReleaser v2.16 andgoreleaser checkhas been failing on it. Homebrew's own guidance is that a cask, not a formula, is the right vehicle for a pre-compiled binary — the formula path generated something that only pretended to build from source.This is not a purely mechanical rename
A cask-installed binary is subject to Gatekeeper; a formula-installed one was not. The release archives are unnotarized, so macOS quarantines them and they refuse to start. The post-install hook strips the attribute — without it this change ships a package that installs cleanly and then does not run.
Both binaries (
tokenopsandtokenopsd) are listed; quarantine is stripped acrossstaged_pathto cover the pair.The formula's
test:block has no cask equivalent and is dropped.Follow-up needed after this releases
Formula/tokenops.rbinklarlabs-studio/homebrew-tapbecomes stale the moment the cask lands, and both would then exist under the same name. It needs deleting once a release has writtenCasks/tokenops.rb.Anyone who installed the formula will not be migrated automatically — Homebrew's
tap_migrations.jsonmoves a name between taps, not from formula to cask within one. They will needbrew uninstall tokenops && brew install --cask tokenops. Worth a line in the release notes.goreleaser checkpasses.https://claude.ai/code/session_01BFsL9VmX5KHW8cnLMRPei3