On 10/04/14 10:07, Doug wrote:
/snip/
The only characters that anyone could reasonably need can be formed
by setting up a Compose key.
Do you have a source for that or is it just an opinion from the
viewpoint of a particular location?
Unless you are going
to actually write in a language other than English, you won't need
any locale other than that.
Agreed.
But... most people do the "hit Enter" install, and Debian caters for
that sort of "anyone" approach by providing "everything" unless the
installer specifies what locales (as opposed to *character* sets), *and*
choses to purge other locales.
--doug
Kind regards