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@Samuli
Good point those rims and nipples that you can change the spoke with the tyre in place.
About the tyre mounting, I meant also in addition to normal tubeless installing problems that some tubeless tyres and rims can be really difficult combination to stretch the tire onto the rim.
The spokes I've broken have often broken at the base of the threads so that a small pice of the spoke is left in the nipple, the threaded part. That makes the nipple unusable as it's pretty much impossible to get the piece out by the side of a road. And to take the nipple out, you'll have to take the rim tape off and might not be able to use the same tape again. I usually use a Herrmanns rim band that doesn't have glue on it, it's reusable.