alt Hacker NewsI get it, but you only need to do that for the odd cases of packages not present in the official repo (not that common at all for me at least).
Also if the software is downloaded in the form of a git repo, you only needed to checkout the new tag and rebuild, don't need your browser at all.
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bitmasher9 • today at 1:38 PM
I think the existence of the AUR puts less pressure on the official repository to have all popular software.
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You then get the advantage of the OS’s package manager accounting for everything, however. It’s quite nice to not wonder whether there’s random stateful detritus throughout your system and what it might be affecting. (OK, to be honest there still will be, but much less of it, and a greater part of it will be attributable.)