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Re:Using the same Arch Linux installation for a decade by WfAjWDYpDHDYCN5 on Tuesday August 16, 2022 @02:46PM (#32487016)
No, it wouldn't, because that versatility can be attained by... not using the installer, the exact same as the situation without an installer.

An installer, if anything, improves "user centrality" because you're making it more accessible and usable to most users with just the most common few options.

Not having an installer improves "dev centrality" (the few users who matter are the devs and other advanced users), over and against user centrality.

You could use the same thinking to argue against having a package manager. You might have to install a package manually anyway, so why bother providing packages at all?

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Re:Using the same Arch Linux installation for a decade by d_tr on Tuesday August 16, 2022 @02:59PM (#32487207)
At the end of the day, as others have probably already said in this thread, the maintainers are unpaid volunteers and choose to focus on certain things for their own reasons and using their finite resources.

There are other distributions that focus on other things and people can choose. If Arch chose to implement lots of convenience functions, that choice could be to the detriment of other strong aspects of the distribution.

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Re:Using the same Arch Linux installation for a decade by girvo on Tuesday August 16, 2022 @05:12PM (#32489018)
…which they chose to use to write an installer for Arch after all, so I find your arguments against it somewhat amusing.
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Re:Using the same Arch Linux installation for a decade by d_tr on Tuesday August 16, 2022 @05:33PM (#32489239)
I am aware of the fact that they wrote an installer. I do not think this invalidates my previous comment though.
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