- Use `pacman-conf'. - Verify capabilities mentioned in the wiki: `- https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/AUR_helpers#Build_and_search - Test gpg-Signatures for git-packages. - get_pkgbase: There is only one pkgbase per package. - Use git-diff instead of cp and diff. `- Or at least use ln (instead of cp) - fetch PGP keys, maybe optionally. - "bootstrapping of packages" `- see https://github.com/polygamma/aurman/wiki/Description-of-the-aurman-dependency-solving - Differentiate between normal and make dependencies. - Allow several arguments (packages) to install. - Consider using https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.gz - Do something better than failing upon finding a local package not in the repos nor the AUR. - color=auto (depending on where the output goes) - Honor PKGDEST `- Option: replace `pacman -U' by `makepkg -i'