[aur-general] TU application_R: Metal A-wing (a-wing)

JereBear jerebear at protonmail.com
Wed Jan 9 17:32:02 UTC 2019


> > -   [ ] source_x86_64: should be source, don't upload binary data to the
> >     AUR,
> >
>
> About source binary. Improve the build speed of AUR, Reduce makedependence
> The result of the build is the same

This is a fundamental mis-understanding of both the purpose of the AUR and the purpose of source control:

* The AUR absolutely should not be used to host binary files. Only source files should be hosted. This is documented on the wiki on the obvious page. [1] Hosting only sources has several advantages, most notably in the form of improving security: users can read the source of packages being compiled.
* As a general rule, git/bzr/hg/etc repositories should only contain source code. This rule isn't specific to the AUR. It's a general software engineering principle.

As a community member: this application *worries* me.

[1] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Arch_User_Repository


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