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@DirkMcCallahan @Tundra The AUR isn't a trusted source, but most of the the Arch cult forget to mention that.
The "Arch cult's" holy book, the ArchWiki, states the following pretty clearly:
Mention of one's use of the AUR for their needs doesn't need to come with a disclaimer.
People who don't read or don't use their brain are going to keep not doing so, regardless.
Arch is not responsible for idiots.
Arch is not recommended for idiots either. If you want cutting edge, you accept the risks. Works that way with all tech.
I feel like the people who don't look at PKGBUILDs and install hooks and just hit Y on everything are the same people who spam "Next" and "Accept" on Windows Installers from random websites.
Half the posts on the Internet are people replying to requests for help with the message "read the wiki, the aur isn't a trusted source, dummy"
Why do we have the AUR anyway?
Because it's convenient and a good way to start to write PKGBUILDs quickly without becoming a proper package maintainer.
Isn’t that like how alpinelinux’s community repository works too?
It's meant to be a convenience for people who know what they're doing.
It's super useful as long as you understand that it is just a big bucket of scripts that just anybody can push
You can't even install from AUR using pacman directly. You either need to makepkg them manually, or use an extra AUR compatible package manager like yay. It's made as clear as possible to arch users that the AUR is not vetted in any way, it's just for convenience.
At the very least aur must verify you are associated with the domain name of the project, same as flathub.
that would literally defeat the entire purpose of the AUR
flathub still allows unverified submissions which is what I proposed. So, no, it wouldn't.
AUR is the place for unverified submissions. The verified stuff typically ends up in the main repos.
That's not at all how it works.
It is. Aur isn't even officially supported by arch. You use it at your own risk, with the advantage being that pretty much everything is in it.