id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	component	version	severity	resolution	keywords	cc	stage	has_patch	needs_docs	needs_tests	needs_better_patch	easy	ui_ux
36272	[MacOS] geoip aka libgeoip disabled on 2024-12-12	Felipe Villegas	SnippyCodes	"While following the GeoDjango installation instructions for MacOS, I encountered the following error regarding `libgeoip`, an alternative name for `geoip` per the Homebrew Formulae page.

{{{
$ brew install libgeoip
Error: geoip has been disabled because it has an archived upstream repository! It was disabled on 2024-12-12.
}}}

Django Project Docs:
[https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.1/ref/contrib/gis/install/#homebrew]

Django Source:
[https://github.com/django/django/blob/922c1c732a47c02aa5ef28b0b1a2bd9bc9b92d87/docs/ref/contrib/gis/install/index.txt#L272C6-L272C28]

Related Blog Post:
[https://blog.maxmind.com/2020/06/retirement-of-geoip-legacy-downloadable-databases-in-may-2022/]"	Cleanup/optimization	closed	Documentation	5.1	Normal	fixed	geoip, libgeoip, geodjango	Felipe Villegas Jan Tumpa	Ready for checkin	1	0	0	0	0	0