Are optional and/or recommended dependencies still supported?

[rgoldberg]

Output of brew config

HOMEBREW_VERSION: 4.6.15-16-gbf5a317
ORIGIN: https://github.com/Homebrew/brew
HEAD: bf5a3175f1646123467883eeea63c911aa838f86
Last commit: 3 hours ago
Branch: main
Core tap HEAD: 7762b56299a0ca81102211dbb7c3277752939d84
Core tap last commit: 4 hours ago
Core tap JSON: 30 Sep 11:36 UTC
Core cask tap HEAD: 819a5a435a0c3888bf943fb4c4c93025bbfe7702
Core cask tap last commit: 47 minutes ago
Core cask tap JSON: 30 Sep 11:36 UTC
HOMEBREW_PREFIX: /opt/homebrew
HOMEBREW_CASK_OPTS: []
HOMEBREW_FORBID_PACKAGES_FROM_PATHS: set
HOMEBREW_GITHUB_API_TOKEN: set
HOMEBREW_MAKE_JOBS: 14
HOMEBREW_NO_ANALYTICS: set
HOMEBREW_SORBET_RUNTIME: set
Homebrew Ruby: 3.4.5 => /opt/homebrew/Library/Homebrew/vendor/portable-ruby/3.4.5/bin/ruby
CPU: 14-core 64-bit arm_brava
Clang: 17.0.0 build 1700
Git: 2.51.0 => /opt/homebrew/bin/git
Curl: 8.7.1 => /usr/bin/curl
macOS: 26.0.1-arm64
CLT: 26.0.0.0.1.1757719676
Xcode: 26.0.1
Rosetta 2: false

Output of brew doctor

Your system is ready to brew.

Description of issue

Are optional and/or recommended dependencies still supported?

[SMillerDev]

Documentation says yes: https://docs.brew.sh/Formula-Cookbook#specifying-other-formulae-as-dependencies