Re: Uninstalling a package removes other essential packages: What is the best course of action?
On Wed 16 Feb 2022 at 15:38:22 (-0000), Curt wrote:
> On 2022-02-16, <tomas@tuxteam.de> <tomas@tuxteam.de> wrote:
> >
> >> So why not create libraries for Burmese, Laotian and Cambodian (Khmer) la=
> > nguages? Why don't we have libburmese, liblaotian and libkhmer and make the=
> > m essential dependencies for libpango?
> >
> > So why not do your research yourself?
> >
> > ;-)
>
> Of course, it’s an excellent question. But the problem, you see, when you ask
> why something happens, how does a person answer why something happens? For
> example, Aunt Minnie is in the hospital. Why? Because she went out, slipped on
> the ice, and broke her hip. That satisfies people. It satisfies, but it
> wouldn’t satisfy someone who came from another planet and knew nothing about
> why when you break your hip do you go to the hospital. How do you get to the
> hospital when the hip is broken? Well, because her husband, seeing that her hip
> was broken, called the hospital up and sent somebody to get her. All that is
> understood by people. And when you explain a why, you have to be in some
> framework that you allow something to be true. Otherwise, you’re perpetually
> asking why.
>
> https://fs.blog/richard-feynman-on-why-questions/
Tomas's question seems to me more rhetorical than a scientific inquiry.
Great video, though. Thanks.
Cheers,
David.
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