Cant remember what they are off the top of my head, but there's been a couple of times I wanted to download a FOSS program, but it was only available to install through the Microsoft store.
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The install process requires one of:
- Running a command with npm
- Manually compiling binaries from source
- Manually installing dependencies
These aren't bad per-se, but my experience has led me to associate these with spending a bunch of time trying to resolve errors and having to give up in the end and not install the software after all, so if there's any alternatives that I could use I am trying those first.
Sometimes compiling is painless.
But if it throws any errors, I'm out.
Omg. As soon as I see npm, I nope out. So so so so so many dependencies, broken this, not working that. I'm over it.
Supply chain attacks are a bitch.
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Whenever they start with "I built XXX". People who write their own code say "I wrote".
Eh, disagree on that one. Even if I write every bit of the code myself, producing good working software involves a lot more than just writing code. Just makes "building" feel like a better descriptor.
You may be the exception to the rule :)
"Update/Accept or Remind me later"
Having no user manual. A user manual is essential. A blurb about what it is and how to build it doesn't count. And please, integrate it with the software, OS, or at least distribute a readme alongside. So much offline software assumes you have a 100% stable internet connection for online help. Also, please don't throw up a wiki and rely on your users to do it.
This might be asking too much, but it wouldn't hurt to pay attention to principles of good technical writing as well. A well-written user manual brings your users a great deal of joy.
User manuals, I remember those, fondly. Unfortunately a pretty dead concept these days, but certainly a green flag if there is one, but absence is not a red flag.
A readthedocs.io entry is also a green flag (you can always download it for later offline...).
“A user you’ve blocked has previously contributed to this repository.”
Where that user is Claude? I think that's the only username in my blocklist.
The build is failing on main. Or they don't have a build process at all.
Ah, sounds like my workplace.
Goes without saying, but no activity for a very long time makes me skeptic. Also annoying when then aren't any releases, or only available as source.
"Ask me later" instead of "no"
If it isn't in the AUR, it can't be useful.