On Fri, Apr 24, 2026 at 06:54:01PM +0900, [email protected] wrote: > Imagine if there were a "very-helpful" AUR helper that promises auto update, > zero user > interaction, completely shielding users from the build process. > > Vetting known-good helpers would prevent those helpers from getting main > stream, while funneling users to understand the build system.
This is not possible. Shielding the user from the build process is exactly what we do not want to do, and what a good helper (like yay) does. There is nothing lacking in the current helpers, functionality wise, but its goals contradict with the Arch developers' pedagogical goals. Sam
