Bug#612411: debian-6.0.0-i386-netinst.iso installs KDE by default

["H.A.J. Koster" <haj.koster@ziggo.nl>]

On 08-02-11 18:14, Christian PERRIER wrote:
> Quoting Denis Laxalde (dlaxalde@gmail.com):
> > tags 612411 + moreinfo
> > thanks
> >
> > On Tue, 08 Feb 2011 13:05:08 +0100, H.A.J. Koster wrote:
> > > Package: debian-installer
> > >
> > > The Debian Installer (or the "tasksel" task) on the above noted version
> > > installs KDE as the default desktop environment, while not being a
> > > "kde"-specific version. That default should be Gnome.
> > Which version exactly?
>
> Also "what mirror were you using"? Is this reproducible with any
> mirror?
>
> You may have hit a problem where the Gnome task was not installable
> because of a missing key component on the mirror you were using.
I've done a new install with the same debian-6.0.0-i386-netinst.iso, 
this time put on
a USB-key with cat, also using the same ftp.nl.debian.mirror, and this 
time tasksel is
installing Gnome packages by default.

So, it appears that this mirror earlier on lacked a few crucial Gnome 
packages that
have since been restored. When I earlier installed the Gnome task (in 
Aptitude) there
were indeed a couple of packages uninstallable (among which Hungarian 
spell checking,
if I remember correctly?).

Thanks for all the great work you all are doing!

Regards,

Henk Koster