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Comment by rat9988

3 days ago

Don't worry. Don't let the rednecks screaming here affect you. As for one, I'm happy that you have automated this part and sad to see it is going away. People will always complain. It might be reasonable feedback worth acting upon. Don't let their tone distract you though. Some of them are just angry all day.

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danielhanchen  2 days ago

Thanks - hopefully the compromise solution ie python input asking for user permissions works ok?

  • rpdillon  2 days ago

    As a guy that would naturally be in the camp of "installing packages is never okay", I also live in the more practical world where people want things to work. I think the compromise you're suggesting is a pretty good one. I think the highest quality implementation here would be.

    Try to find prebuilt and download.

    See if you can compile from source if a compiler is installed.

    If no compiler: prompt to install via sudo apt and explaining why, also give option to abort and have the user install a compiler themselves.

    This isn't perfect, but limits the cases where prompting is necessary.