At 2021-08-01T14:30:00+0200, Alejandro Colomar (man-pages) wrote:
> The same happened to me the first time.
> 
> I guess it's the way Debian folks do their packaging, breaking
> semantically :) every package into smaller packages.  As send-email
> isn't needed at all for (basic) git usage, it can go into a separate
> package.
> 
> I like it.  It reduces the size of every package, and you have more
> control over what you have installed on your system.
> 
> Comparing that to the short time that I used Manjaro (Arch-based),
> where I had to install full-blown GUI programs just to get a C
> library...

It's ironic that I overlooked this possibility.  I used to maintain
XFree86, a monolithic X Window System distribution, for Debian (XFree86
is a project now best known as a spectacular case of Open Source
Seppuku).  When I took over maintenance, it was already dozens of
packages, and I sliced it even finer.

But at the time it was Debian's policy to configure and provide
X11-enabled versions of software everywhere possible except under
special circumstaces involving package priority.  You could make a "no
X" alternative build and binary package if you wanted to go to the
trouble.

> > Thanks!  Without some NeoMutt help, it looks like this is my route
> > forward.
> 
> If you get it to work while still signing your emails, I'd be
> interested in knowing how you have set it up.

If I manage it, I certainly will.  Thanks!

Regards,
Branden