Am 24.04.26 um 09:06 schrieb Ralf Mardorf:
> On Fri, 2026-04-24 at 08:38 +0200, Óscar García Amor wrote:
>> In my opinion, having some AUR helpers maintained as extra packages
>> (such as paru or yay, which are the most widely used) is just like any
>> other package maintained in the extra repository, and having them
>> there would certainly make life easier for many users, since they
>> wouldn’t face the chicken-and-egg problem when they start using AUR.
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm not against an AUR helper in extra, however, it’s really an
> exaggeration to call it a chicken-and-egg problem when users can’t
> install an AUR helper from the official repositories, since you don’t
> actually need a helper to build and install from the AUR. In fact, a
> helper can actually be a source of errors.
>
> Regards,
> Ralf
I'd go as far and say that AUR helpers are for those that have understood the
process and want it
automated. Thus for someone installing Arch for the first time, they should
take the time and learn
how to build packages before using an AUR helper. Even if it is only the AUR
helper itself that is
built manually.
And for someone experienced building the helper is no stress at all.
My 2 cents,
Uwe
