This is good point raised by Tom. Regarding the changed pkgsums; yes they would change, but if it is your first time interacting with the package you are unlikely to notice that.
In my opinion, the AUR UI (and AUR helpers) should warn of sources that should be punycoded but are not, I don't know if any other other aspect of the PKGBUILDs should also emit warnings. Renovatebot will for example warn users about hidden Unicode characters[1]. Sadly I cannot find an example warning to link. [1] https://github.com/renovatebot/renovate/blob/e921d2754b7cbbed6327159bbf7140b7a3d86adb/lib/util/fs/index.spec.ts#L129-L138 On Wed, 17 Jun 2026, at 06:34, Sam K wrote: > This would change the pkgsums, wouldn't it? Not saying that's enough > (it's often skipped for git packages) but worth noting. > > Sam >
