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Bug#849509: Logs show popularity-contest installation indeed occurs after user says no



On Tue, 2019-04-02 at 21:21 +0800, 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson wrote:
> Actually try this:
> When you get to the popularity-contest question, wait a few moments,
> then answer "no".
> 
> Later examine the logs.
> You will see actual installation (and then removal) indeed occurs
> *after* the user has answered "no".
> 
> So the user's eyes didn't fool him after all.

I understand that this can be confusing and may lead to users
mistrusting Debian, and it would be good to avoid that.  But please
don't try to tell us how the installer works.  The question is part of
popularity-contest, so the package has to be installed in order to ask
the question.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
Klipstein's 4th Law of Prototyping and Production:
                               A fail-safe circuit will destroy others.


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