• cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de
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    1 month ago

    The packages on the AUR are all user created. It’s not really comparable to the Microsoft Store.

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      1 month ago

      Is the Microsoft Store not full of apps not created by Microsoft?

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            1 month ago

            That’s like saying that github is equivalent to the Microsoft store. Sure, they provide the space for the repository. It’s controlled by users though, as the name implies. It isn’t the official repository, like the Microsoft store is the official “repository” for Windows.

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              1 month ago

              Yeah, perfect analogy. No amount of external helper tools making installs from GitHub easier would change the security implications. (Cargo-binstall is an example of such a helper.)