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Homebrew hints for QGIS 1.8.0

Homebrew hints for QGIS 1.8.0

Qwt 6.1.0 upgrade is causing crashes or build problems
Downgrade to Qwt 6.0.1 and reinstall

$ brew remove qwt
$ git checkout 4392eba Library/Formula/qwt.rb
$ brew install qwt

QGIS shows SIP error messages on startup, indicating that QGIS is using the system Python instead of Homebrew's Python
Fix QGIS Python linking by using @jenshnielsen's qgis.rb version (see PR #242)

$ cd Library/Taps/homebrew-science/
$ git pull https://github.com/jenshnielsen/homebrew-science.git qgis_python
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