I get the building the system from scratch is good for learning the system and I've done it myself but this just feels like bad development, why not make it a simple script that you can choose to run or you know just make it part of the update itself like literally everyone else in the world.

[–] xthexder@l.sw0.com 9 points 1 week ago

99% of the time it is just automatic and part of the update. Usually it's only an issue if you are updating from a specific older version of something or have made a particular customization that breaks with the update.

Like others, I've got at least one system running Arch for 10+ years and I've only had to manually do something a handful of times. Usually it's just that I have to update the keyring first before the rest of the update.