• Wispy2891@lemmy.world
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    Refuse to build in Arch package environments. My license does not allow for packages

    but it’s not a package. On arch it downloads the source from his own git and it compiles it on the end user machine. He is a dev and doesn’t know that? Or just pretending?

    AUR is just (automated) instructions on how to compile (except -bin, in that case it’s packaged)

    A previous commit of the readme even said:

    Linux users are encouraged to build from source when possible

    yes, good luck building from source without documentation on what libraries do you need

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      He is a dev and doesn’t know that?

      I think it’s reasonable that he doesn’t. He doesn’t use Arch (or any Linux flavor), so isn’t aware of how packaging for Arch works. I’m guessing someone submitted the PKGBUILD and he just accepted it, and now people come to him for support instead of the person who submitted it.

      I 100% agree w/ removing the PKGBUILD, but he doesn’t need to go out of his way to remove Linux support. Just state that the project doesn’t officially support Linux, but is open to Linux-specific bug fixes. Then if anyone complains about a distro-specific issue, close the issue and move on. If someone opens what seems to be a legitimate bug w/ Linux, leave it open and move on.

      That’s really all the community should expect here.

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      They know. The PKGBUILD they provided is exactly the kind of thing that’s in the AUR. The dev’s PKGBUILD wasn’t in the AUR because they didn’t want it to be — instead hoping arch users would go to the repository and use their maintained one. Arch users continued to try to use AUR instead, leading to the dev’s frustration.

      I don’t expect this will help anything. If the AUR maintainer is active, they will probably just patch that restriction out.