(Not sending reply to the submitter because gmail would reject it) On 26/10/2025 à 08:50, Paweł Starzyński wrote:
> We have de facto duplicate entries- if user chooses "GNOME"- it leads to full GNONE install, the same if "Debian DE" is chosen.
No, they are not duplicates. task-desktop ("Debian desktop environment") only recommends either of a number of task-*-desktop desktop environment tasks. task-gnome-desktop ("GNOME") is first in the list of alternatives so will be installed only if available and no other desktop environment is selected. With custom installation sources (CD or mirror) not providing task-gnome-desktop, another available desktop environment would be installed instead.
Moreover, it may be against one's intentions, one might think that when GNOME (or other DE) won't be checked, no DE will be installed, and in fact one gets GNOME if "Debian DE" won't be unchecked.
Wouldn't it be weird to leave "Debian desktop environment" selected and expect no desktop environment to be installed ?
Many users prefer more minimal GNOME install
This is a separate issue, and would require e.g. a new "Minimal GNOME" task, and maybe renaming "GNOME" as "Full GNOME".