Deep breath time. Since everything on the internet now lasts approximately forever, it's important to consider how all of this looks to everyone coming into it. An appearance of cooperation and a tone of collaboration are the most helpful even if you feel like wringing necks, just as in a workplace conference room.
I can certainly understand frustration at your inability here to guarantee a certain level of user experience, which is important. Your user is your top priority, that's all good. As a homebrew consumer, I'd like your outcome myself. Your community is also a participant, and they're unavoidable. Some sort of accommodation in the flow (README, first-run message etc.) would mitigate.
A colleague and friend always advised "take the high road" and it's painful in the short term, always the better option in the long term.
Package managers should agree to remove software from a platform if the developer thinks it's not fruitful for them to keep publishing there, or it's detrimental to the user's experience.
I can certainly understand frustration at your inability here to guarantee a certain level of user experience, which is important. Your user is your top priority, that's all good. As a homebrew consumer, I'd like your outcome myself. Your community is also a participant, and they're unavoidable. Some sort of accommodation in the flow (README, first-run message etc.) would mitigate.
A colleague and friend always advised "take the high road" and it's painful in the short term, always the better option in the long term.