I have installed Debian a number of times over the many years but one thing I have never quite understood is what the installer is trying to achieve during the following steps (assuming text installer and netinst CD to keep things simple).
- The first part of the install "Installing the base system". This makes sense, userland, kernel packages, extracted and configured (similar to debootstrap)
- A dialog comes up "Configure the package manager" warning that without a mirror, my install will be minimal, do I want to continue? If I select Yes, it installs some random crap:
- popularity contest
- discover
- ... some more random stuff
If I instead select "Go back", it takes me to the "back scene" installer menu which seems a little awkward from a interface point of view but it does allow me to go straight to the bootloader installation and skip some of these erroneous base packages.
I get that if people were using the DVD image, they might want to select a desktop environment here but even so, it still installs some unnecessary packages which it shouldn't be during this step.
Is anyone able to shed some light on this seemingly strange behaviour? Thanks!