chatmate-for-facebook: remove

[chenrui333]

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$ curl -I https://chatmate.io/mac/facebook/
HTTP/2 404
server: nginx/1.25.2
date: Mon, 15 Jan 2024 22:04:04 GMT
content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1
strict-transport-security: max-age=31536000

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/chatmate-for-facebook/id1249947725?mt=12

[krehel]

We haven't to my knowledge used archive.org links for downloads in Cask. Is this something we are going to start doing?

If the file is now only available in the App Store, I would vote for removal. From the Cask cookbook -

Similarly (and trickier to spot), the app has moved to the Mac App Store but still provides old versions via direct download. We reject these in all official repositories so users don’t get stuck using an old version, wrongly thinking they’re using the most up-to-date one (which, amongst other things, might be a security risk).

[chenrui333]

We haven't to my knowledge used archive.org links for downloads in Cask. Is this something we are going to start doing?

trying to bypass the homepage errors, it is already some practice in core though

[krehel]

We haven't to my knowledge used archive.org links for downloads in Cask. Is this something we are going to start doing?

trying to bypass the homepage errors, it is already some practice in core though

True, but those are built from source and can be patched as needed. To establish if there's a desire to use archive.org is a good question, though. Eventually any legacy software will have issues (not unlike the PPC binaries of yesteryear).

[bevanjkay]

There's about to be an audit to potentially remove wayback machine items from homebrew-core.

Homebrew/brew#16476

But does potentially allow for its use in deprecated casks.

[chenrui333]

it is transitional thing (as the interarchive formula/cask can be just deprecated)

[razvanazamfirei]

If the file is now only available in the App Store, I would vote for removal

I'm also in favor of removing this.

chatmate-for-facebook
30 days: 5 (#3932)
90 days: 15 (#4008)
365 days: 60 (#3749)

[chenrui333]

I can remove it then. :)