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Re: Why does this take so much time?

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On Fri, 22 Apr 2022 18:46:39 +0000
"Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> wrote:

> Thanks for stepping in with concrete help - it's good that we had
> someone else running Signal to help.

I was in a position to help, so I did. I have not so far heard back
from Steve whether he has found a solution.

> I think the point I wanted to make is that we _can't_ be expected to
> help out on all third party .debs, especially when that .deb is
> compiled against an obsolescent version of Ubuntu. Likewise "I'm
> running Linux Mint / TDE and I can't find support in their channel -
> please help"

I agree, people should not expect help on 3rd party applications,
frankendebians, or other situations that run against the standard
advice around here. I think you did a good job of explaining this to
Steve.

Once in a while, someone asks for help in such a situation, and someone
else is in a position to give it. But that's the exception. So I have
no problem with someone asking. I do take exception to some twatwaffle
getting irate because no-one answered his badly framed and off-topic
query.

Besides, we're all volunteers here, something some people can't seem to
get wedged between their ears.

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Why does this take so much time? steve <dlist@bluewin.ch> - 2022-04-22 19:30 +0200
  Re: Why does this take so much time? "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> - 2022-04-22 19:50 +0200
    Re: Why does this take so much time? Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2022-04-22 20:20 +0200
      Re: Why does this take so much time? "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> - 2022-04-22 20:50 +0200
        Re: Why does this take so much time? Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2022-04-23 03:40 +0200
          Re: Why does this take so much time? Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk> - 2022-04-23 18:10 +0200
            Re: Why does this take so much time? steve <dlist@bluewin.ch> - 2022-04-23 18:20 +0200
  Re: Why does this take so much time? Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2022-04-22 20:20 +0200
    Re: Why does this take so much time? steve <dlist@bluewin.ch> - 2022-04-23 11:10 +0200
      Re: Why does this take so much time? Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2022-04-23 16:20 +0200
        Re: Why does this take so much time? steve <dlist@bluewin.ch> - 2022-04-23 17:00 +0200

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