On Sun, Jun 01, 2014 at 10:20:32AM -0500, Doug Newgard wrote:
On 2014-06-01 10:15, Dave Reisner wrote:
On Sun, Jun 01, 2014 at 10:10:35AM -0500, Doug Newgard wrote:
On 2014-06-01 10:09, Johannes Löthberg wrote:
On 01/06, Doug Newgard wrote:
In the AUR, you specifically build packages to install them. When building for binary repos, you build them to upload them for others to install them. HUGE difference.
The most relevant part here - to me - seems not to be for any individual's use of the AUR, but the means of distribution. In the main repos a PKGBUILD is used by devs/maintainers (maybe 1 person) to serve binary packages to many people. In the AUR each user who wants the package needs to use the PKGBUILD and build their own. Split packages requiring excess build dependencies (qt4/qt5 as in the discussion above) when it is in the binary repos are a minor burden for one person building the package to be a benefit to many people. When the same split package is in the AUR it is a burden for every person who wants to use either of the final packages. -Jesse AKA 'Trilby'