Hello
Having to locally download files shouldn't be breaking behavior for
a user when using AUR Packages as best practice expects the user to
confront themselves with the content of the PKGBUILD anyway. This
includes to take notice of additional requirements such as the file
that is locally required. One can expect so much effort to put in
by the user.
Well, the AUR package is still supposed to be a package right? I feel
like the fact that users should read a pkgbuild isn't an excuse to
insert additional friction into the package. AUR packages are supposed
to have some utility, otherwise they wouldn't exist.
The main difference between running the installer from Blackmagic
website is pacman will be able to track the files in your system,
including, but not only, updating the versions and remove the package in
the case is not needed anymore.
However, using the package from AUR is not a strict requirement. If so
many people have been complaining for a year about the removal of direct
downloads from the Blackmagic website, they should seriously consider
other alternatives.
Sufficient reasons and explanations have been provided, and this thread
has added nothing more than what has already been written over the past
year. I’ve already provided far too many explanations (and endured far
too many insults) regarding this package, and I won’t offer any further
arguments about this topic.
What I would suggest is that someone with “clout” in the Arch Linux
community (at least someone with an `@archlinux.org` email address) get
in touch with Blackmagic Design and explain the situation
+1. Alternately maybe it can be Muflone who writes the email, but in
general I think this is a good idea.
AUR is not officially supported by Arch Linux, and no packages on AUR
can be sponsored by Arch Linux or are part of the Arch Linux project.
Since I do not intend to move DaVinci Resolve and DaVinci Resolve Studio
packages to the official Arch Linux repositories, I will not be sending
any official requests to Blackmagic, either via my @archlinux.org email
address or my personal email addresses.
Best regards
--
Muflone
