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by **RU55EL** » 2017-11-12 00:56

archie.bald wrote:[...]would you comment out lines you don't need or remove them completely? tomato - tomAto?

I usually just comment them out. Simpler, easier, and if you ever want to try compiling from source, you would only need to "uncomment" the lines.

by **archie.bald** » 2017-11-12 02:03

cheers mate.

by **debiman** » 2017-11-12 08:58

archie.bald wrote:They did say that the guys on the debian forums were helpful, they didn't lie.

why thanks.
but don't get your standards up, so you won't be disappointed later.
:mrgreen:

would you comment out lines you don't need or remove them completely? tomato - tomAto?

always do things in a way that you can UNdo them if the need arises. always. there's only one tomato.

by **archie.bald** » 2017-11-29 12:05

why thanks.
but don't get your standards up, so you won't be disappointed later.

Message received :mrgreen:

And I also see the point about making sure that things can be undone. Makes a lot of sense.

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