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Maybe it's time to actually review the apps. (lemmy.world)
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[-] eya@lemmy.dbzer0.com 40 points 7 months ago

AUR my beloved

[-] ikidd@lemmy.world 48 points 7 months ago

I love the AUR as much as the next guy, but audited, it ain't.

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 17 points 7 months ago

Mixed bag

[-] Flaky@iusearchlinux.fyi 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Agreed. There has been cases of malware sneaking its way into the AUR.

Now it could be avoided by checking PKGBUILDs and I can trust that the reader is checking those (are you, reader? 🤨). But do you have that trust for every user?

I prefer Void Linux's way of handling packages, where it all goes through one ultimately trusted git repo that gets packaged up if the license allows it, otherwise using xbps-src. If it was a bit less DIY compared to Arch I'd be hopping onto it tbh.

[-] Jumuta@sh.itjust.works 5 points 7 months ago

the AUR and wiki are the only reasons i use arch

[-] mlg@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

See Fedora has COPR which is like AUR if it were a version specific dead mall which 50% of the time makes you compile from source anyway lol

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