where to ask questions regarding a specific homebrew package?

[AntonioSun]

Output of brew config

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Output of brew doctor

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Description of issue

where to ask questions regarding a specific homebrew package?

[SMillerDev]

At the developers of that software, unless you are wondering about the packaging method. In that case you can ask here.

[SMillerDev]

brew home <package name> will open the homepage

[AntonioSun]

Hmm... brew home opens the homepage of the package, but the mac package building repo might be somewhere else, not mentioned in the homepage, or hard to find even if it does. Like trying to find the mac package building repo for imagemagick (for #4993) using brew home imagemagick turned out to be very challenging.

[SMillerDev]

Homebrew builds the software
Imagick develops the software

If you have questions about imagick: ask the imagick devs
If you have questions about how imagick was packaged for your brew install: ask here

[p-linnane]

@AntonioSun I think you are trying to ask who specifically maintains imagemagick. Homebrew does not operate that way. There are no dedicated maintainers for packages. Packages are updated by whoever opens a pull request.

If you are looking for the package definition, you can run brew info imagemagick. It will point you to https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/blob/HEAD/Formula/i/imagemagick.rb.

[AntonioSun]

Thanks @p-linnane, that's exactly what I was looking for -- where to report the packaging problem. BINGO!