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unix like operating system lovers @sh.itjust.works iloverocks @feddit.de 2 yr. ago

What is your favorite package manager?

My favorite is pacman because it is fast af but it has really weird syntax's

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I use yay, it's pacman with AUR support. :)
- came here to post this.
  
  Also it always feels like I'm cheering for my system. :D
- FYI: ~~yay is no longer maintained~~ (Untrue! See response here). ~~Use paru instead~~ Consider paru as an alternative option; it's written in Rust and has better version tracking for *-git packages (won't miss upgrades if the AUR version isn't tracked, won't do pointless upgrades if the AUR version changes but HEAD remains unchanged)
  
  The latest release of yay was 3 weeks ago. Where are you seeing that it's not maintained anymore?
  
  Huh! I appear to have fallen victim to misinformation. I stand corrected and I apologize for not properly confirm such a strong claim before repeating it like that.
  
  I suppose a more accurate way to put it is that yay has been slower to adopt new features (e.g.: yay#336 vs paru#260), but otherwise remains a current and well-maintained piece of software.
  
  I was about to throw my computer out the window when you said that because I literally just implemented a bunch of ansible playbooks using yay to configure my machines and after yogurt et. al. being abandoned, I couldn't take another change. Not yet. I'll check out paru at some point though.

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