Re: Problems with custom install of MATE

From	Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Problems with custom install of MATE
Date	2022-03-09 16:00 +0100
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rowlett@cloud85.net
>Let's press reset a little.
>For reasons not directly tied to Debian, I'm no longer purchasing DVD 
>sets on any media.
>I am still constrained by a low data cap.
>My system installs *will* continue to use "--no-install-recommends":
>  1. It conserves limited resource [i.e. data cap]
>  2. It reduces workspace clutter. What constitutes "clutter" is strongly
>     influenced by resource constrained systems I used in 60's and 70's.
>     It is now largely an aesthetic judgement.

That's fair enough - it's your call on your own systems, of
course. But could you *please* at least in future check for missing
recommends that might be causing issues before mailing debian-user to
complain about them?

It's easy enough to do, and saves wasting the time of everybody on the
list when there's an obvious solution...

-- 
Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.                                steve@einval.com
"We're the technical experts.  We were hired so that management could
 ignore our recommendations and tell us how to do our jobs."  -- Mike Andrews

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Problems with custom install of MATE Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2022-03-08 14:20 +0100
  Re: Problems with custom install of MATE Richmond <richmond@criptext.com> - 2022-03-08 15:00 +0100
    Dependency bug demonstrated???? - was [Re: Problems with custom  install of MATE] Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2022-03-08 15:50 +0100
      Re: Dependency bug demonstrated???? - was [Re: Problems with custom  install of MATE] David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2022-03-08 16:10 +0100
        Re: Dependency bug demonstrated???? - was [Re: Problems with custom  install of MATE] Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2022-03-08 17:00 +0100
          Re: Dependency bug demonstrated???? - was [Re: Problems with custom  install of MATE] Tixy <tixy@yxit.co.uk> - 2022-03-08 18:10 +0100
      Re: Dependency bug demonstrated???? - was [Re: Problems with custom  install of MATE] <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2022-03-08 17:50 +0100
        Re: Dependency bug demonstrated???? - was [Re: Problems with custom  install of MATE] Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2022-03-08 21:50 +0100
          Re: Dependency bug demonstrated???? - was [Re: Problems with custom install of MATE] Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2022-03-08 22:20 +0100
            Re: Dependency bug demonstrated???? - was [Re: Problems with custom  install of MATE] Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2022-03-08 22:30 +0100
            Re: Dependency bug demonstrated???? - was [Re: Problems with custom  install of MATE] Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2022-03-08 23:30 +0100
  Re: Problems with custom install of MATE Christian Britz <cbritz@t-online.de> - 2022-03-08 15:40 +0100
    Re: Problems with custom install of MATE Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2022-03-08 16:00 +0100
      Re: Problems with custom install of MATE Christian Britz <cbritz@t-online.de> - 2022-03-08 16:40 +0100
  Re: Problems with custom install of MATE Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2022-03-08 20:00 +0100
    Re: Problems with custom install of MATE Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2022-03-08 22:20 +0100
      Re: Problems with custom install of MATE Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2022-03-09 01:00 +0100
        Re: Problems with custom install of MATE Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2022-03-09 12:40 +0100
          Re: Problems with custom install of MATE Steve McIntyre <steve@einval.com> - 2022-03-09 16:00 +0100

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