On Thu, 23 Apr 2026 at 20:18, Anton Hvornum <[email protected]> wrote: > Historically, the previously existing AUR feature was removed in commit > [6338e71] as a prerequisite in order for `archinstall` to become adopted > as an official package. > If I remember correctly, the reasoning back then revolved around the > support staff being potentially unhappy/overrun by workload, and also > because the "AUR is not officially supported" argument.
I'm firmly in that "no, because the AUR is unsupported" camp. If users can't figure out how to install an AUR helper if they think they need one, just goes to show that they /shouldn't/ be using an AUR helper in the first place. > Would now be a good time to allow AUR helpers to be installed via > `archinstall`? Not AUR packages, but helpers. But AUR helpers /are/ AUR packages. Unless you're proposing adding them to the [extra] repo? Cheers, WorMzy
