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Each time the Arch update breaks, I'll eat a snack. (programming.dev)

submitted 3 weeks ago by calango@programming.dev to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[-] state_electrician@discuss.tchncs.de 30 points 3 weeks ago

Read the what now?

[-] Speiser0@feddit.org 28 points 3 weeks ago

Arch has a news feed where it describes things that require manual intervention when upgrading: https://archlinux.org/ (You are informed at arch install that you have to read it before upgrading.)

[-] hperrin@lemmy.ca 25 points 3 weeks ago

What an awesome and amazing and definitely not annoying system. Automating that to show you only what you need based on the packages you have installed when you do the update would be so ridiculous. I’m glad it’s just a blog.

[-] Grail@multiverse.soulism.net 14 points 3 weeks ago

Arch isn't for normal people.

[-] texture@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

we dont talk about normies here

[-] Shayeta@feddit.org 12 points 3 weeks ago

You're not the first to be annoyed by that: https://github.com/bradford-smith94/informant

[-] esc@piefed.social 6 points 3 weeks ago

There are messages with generic recommendations and post upgrade/post install scripts. They are rarely used because it goes against arch's principles to run some (maybe fragile) script on your system. Reading news once a week/month before upgrade isn't that inconvenient.

[-] Giloron@programming.dev 6 points 3 weeks ago

Welcome to Gentoo.

Notes with recommended user actions are provided per package after every update. Mostly to let you know about optional packages and tell you how to enable optional auto start for some things.

For things that need even more attention, there is a system that tracks read/unread news that also only show up when your system needs it.

[-] Speiser0@feddit.org 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

It's actually helpful that it's not filtered, because otherwise, I would only see a new post maybe once every 2 years, and would therefore not know if it still works, and feel lonely.