Remove brew which-update #20752
Description
Verification
- This issue's title and/or description do not reference a single formula e.g.
brew install wget. If they do, open an issue at https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/issues/new/choose instead.
Provide a detailed description of the proposed feature
We should remove brew which-update and, instead, update the executables.txt file as part of homebrew/core CI with each merge.
Additionally, we should include this information in the bottle manifest files when possible.
What is the motivation for the feature?
Right now, the DB update mechanism is not ideal: we download all updated formulae once a day and try to install them. We can make this more efficient by including this update as part of homebrew/core CI and removing the need for a dedicated job and remove the need for the which-update developer command.
How will the feature be relevant to at least 90% of Homebrew users?
Not relevant to users directly
What alternatives to the feature have been considered?
Leave as-is