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Why do people use the aur on manjaro? I thought they specifically say that the aur is not supported on manjaro.
Why use an Arch-based distro if you can't use the AUR? It's like one of the most, if not the most defining feature of them
Because you get package updates before most other distros.
AUR is also not supported on Arch, so support has nothing to do with it.
On Arch the AUR is made specifically for arch users so while not supported by the distro Arch is supported by the aur.
That's what I was wondering. Seems like a recipe for disaster having your main system be several versions behind them shoehorning bleeding dependencies for AUR programs into the mix.
They have an option in their own pamac GUI to enable the AUR. IMO if they want to send the message that it will cause issues and it shouldn't be used, they shouldn't make it so easy to enable. Or if they do want to make it that easy, display a clear disclaimer about the issues you can expect to run into if you try it.