Bug#996955: task-desktop silently pulls in task-desktop-gnome via Recommends

2021-10-21 Thread Fabian Greffrath
Am 21.10.2021 21:05, schrieb Brian Potkin: Fortunately, not selecting it isn't of any consequence. A user gets what else is chosen. I don't consider it "fortunate", it is inconsistent that having that choice selected or not does not make a difference as long as any other choice is selected.

Bug#996955: task-desktop silently pulls in task-desktop-gnome via Recommends

2021-10-21 Thread Brian Potkin
On Thu 21 Oct 2021 at 20:39:01 +0200, Fabian Greffrath wrote: > Am Donnerstag, dem 21.10.2021 um 18:33 +0100 schrieb Brian Potkin: > > I think this is exactly the way it was designed. Whether the design > > is the best is what has been brought up in this report. > > The results are pretty

Bug#996955: task-desktop silently pulls in task-desktop-gnome via Recommends

2021-10-21 Thread Fabian Greffrath
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 Am Donnerstag, dem 21.10.2021 um 18:33 +0100 schrieb Brian Potkin: > I think this is exactly the way it was designed. Whether the design > is the best is what has been brought up in this report. The results are pretty surprising and unpredictable,

Bug#996955: task-desktop silently pulls in task-desktop-gnome via Recommends

2021-10-21 Thread Holger Wansing
Hi, Fabian Greffrath wrote (Thu, 21 Oct 2021 12:25:35 +0200): > I just installed Debian stable in a virtual machine. When I was asked > during the installation process which "meta-packages" to install I > left "Desktop Environment" selected but explicitly deselected GNOME. I > expected to end up

Bug#996955: task-desktop silently pulls in task-desktop-gnome via Recommends

2021-10-21 Thread Philip Hands
Holger Wansing writes: > Hi, > > Fabian Greffrath wrote (Thu, 21 Oct 2021 12:25:35 +0200): >> I just installed Debian stable in a virtual machine. When I was asked >> during the installation process which "meta-packages" to install I >> left "Desktop Environment" selected but explicitly

Bug#996955: task-desktop silently pulls in task-desktop-gnome via Recommends

2021-10-21 Thread Brian Potkin
On Thu 21 Oct 2021 at 17:27:22 +0200, Fabian Greffrath wrote: > Hi Holger, > > thanks for your reply! > > Am 21.10.2021 16:31, schrieb Holger Wansing: > > Selecting "Desktop Environment", but not choose one of the displayed > > possiblities (like "GNOME", "KDE" and so on) is not the way, how

Bug#996955: task-desktop silently pulls in task-desktop-gnome via Recommends

2021-10-21 Thread Fabian Greffrath
Hi Holger, thanks for your reply! Am 21.10.2021 16:31, schrieb Holger Wansing: Selecting "Desktop Environment", but not choose one of the displayed possiblities (like "GNOME", "KDE" and so on) is not the way, how this dialog was designed, I guess. Yes, apparently. :/ I could imagine a

Bug#996955: task-desktop silently pulls in task-desktop-gnome via Recommends

2021-10-21 Thread Fabian Greffrath
Package: task-desktop Version: 3.68 Severity: normal Tags: d-i X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-b...@lists.debian.org Hi, I just installed Debian stable in a virtual machine. When I was asked during the installation process which "meta-packages" to install I left "Desktop Environment" selected but