Re: Why does this take so much time?
On Fri, Apr 22, 2022 at 12:17:27PM -0600, Charles Curley wrote:
> On Fri, 22 Apr 2022 17:48:06 +0000
> "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> wrote:
>
> > Mixing .deb packages from multiple Debian/Debian-derived
> > distributions is normally a very bad idea -
> > https://wiki.debian.org/DontBreakDebian
>
> In general I agree with this. However, this is what the signal folks
> tell Debian users to do. So if they answer Steve at all, that is likely
> what they will tell him to do.
>
Hi Charles,
Thanks for stepping in with concrete help - it's good that we had someone
else running Signal to help. 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"
A large chunk of the mails here are sorting out:
"I don't know how to edit an /etc/apt/sources.list" or
"I added some app from some site and it all broke" or
"I mixed Ubuntu and Debian and now I don't know what I have"
Those are almost as popular as the favourite:
"I did something, then I did something else then X happened so I did Y
and now it's not working but I've no idea how I got here"
which is a well known thread starter here.
With every good wish, as ever,
Andy Cater
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