I think a message in the postinstall script is the right way to go here, as many other packages do.
However I could've also missed that message, as it is a bit overshadowed by the optional dependencies displayed right after. Why not also echo a couple of newlines and maybe some ##### bars to draw attention? As for preventing users from flagging the package, just pin a comment with the instructions. On Sat, 13 Jan 2024 at 01:34, Aaron Liu <aaronliu0...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Greetings AUR users, (hmm I sound like an alien) > > This package on the AUR called oh-my-zsh-git has been occasionally > flagged by people who do not understand that you have to add a line to > zshrc to start using it. I suggested a clearer and less suspicious > postinstall message, which the package's current maintainer and another > user in the comments denied as Arch users should know their system and > inspect the PKGBUILD. > > The package's maintainer then suggested a counterproposal of shipping > a symlink of /usr/bin/ohmyzsh-install to "install.sh", which I presume > is the name of the official install script. I don't think we should > symlink that to oh-my-zsh-something. At most, it should echo the > instructions. > > Plus, I think this is a worse solution than simply putting a message in > the postinstall on both merits and practicality. No matter how much > people try it, there will be less people who try to tab-complete than > those who read the postinstall messages, and nowhere in "know your > system" do I see "blindly try tab-completions"; not to mention this > package's name is oh-my-zsh-git, not ohmyzsh-git. Yes, ohmyzsh is the > official name, but I don't expect users to know that. We cannot rely on > users having hyphen completions enabled. > > This entire exchange occurred in the comments of that package. What do > you guys think? > > -- > Cheers, > Aᴀʀᴏɴ >
