Package Details: packwiz-installer 0.5.13-1

Git Clone URL: https://aur.archlinux.org/packwiz-installer.git (read-only, click to copy)
Package Base: packwiz-installer
Description: An installer for packwiz modpacks.
Upstream URL: https://github.com/packwiz/packwiz-installer
Licenses: MIT
Submitter: NullBite
Maintainer: NullBite
Last Packager: NullBite
Votes: 0
Popularity: 0.000000
First Submitted: 2023-06-17 23:52 (UTC)
Last Updated: 2023-12-19 02:21 (UTC)

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NullBite commented on 2023-06-17 23:52 (UTC) (edited on 2023-06-17 23:52 (UTC) by NullBite)

I have written the PKGBUILD for this package so that it also pulls in packwiz-installer-bootstrap, as opposed to having it packaged separately and made into a dependency. I have multiple reasons for making this decision:

  • packwiz-installer does not work on its own, but uses packwiz-installer-bootstrap as a wrapper
  • packwiz-installer-bootstrap serves little purpose on its own, except as a wrapper and updater for packwiz-installer
  • To the best of my knowledge, it is considered "bad practice" to package programs that are essentially nothing more than an auto-update wrapper. I feel like this was made clear with the MultiMC dispute, where peterix wanted the MultiMC AUR package to be an auto updater.

This is also my first AUR package. If my reasoning here is wrong, feel free to let me know and I will split off packwiz-installer-bootstrap into a separate package.

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NullBite commented on 2023-06-17 23:52 (UTC) (edited on 2023-06-17 23:52 (UTC) by NullBite)

I have written the PKGBUILD for this package so that it also pulls in packwiz-installer-bootstrap, as opposed to having it packaged separately and made into a dependency. I have multiple reasons for making this decision:

  • packwiz-installer does not work on its own, but uses packwiz-installer-bootstrap as a wrapper
  • packwiz-installer-bootstrap serves little purpose on its own, except as a wrapper and updater for packwiz-installer
  • To the best of my knowledge, it is considered "bad practice" to package programs that are essentially nothing more than an auto-update wrapper. I feel like this was made clear with the MultiMC dispute, where peterix wanted the MultiMC AUR package to be an auto updater.

This is also my first AUR package. If my reasoning here is wrong, feel free to let me know and I will split off packwiz-installer-bootstrap into a separate package.