When creating a new server instance profile, MySQL Installation Type
defaults to "Generic Linux (MySQL tar package)", even when the server is
Debian. This type does not support MySQL installs from Debian packages.
The "Debian" type does support Debian packages. It would be great if,
when running MySQL workbench on Debian to setup a MySQL server on
localhost, the MySQL installation type wouldn't have to be changed.

The following log just before the Operating System Selection step
suggests that MySQL workbench is able to detect the server's OS, so it
should be possible to default to Debian on Debian servers even if we
don't want to modify the generic default:

Given there are more important issues, this one would be too much troubles to
implement unless you can pinpoint the responsible code or propose a patch.

I'm not sure if I have enough time or skills to do that.

Regards,
Dmitry.

Dear submitter,

as the package mysql-workbench has just been removed from the Debian archive
unstable we hereby close the associated bug reports.  We are sorry
that we couldn't deal with your issue properly.

For details on the removal, please see https://bugs.debian.org/1108002

The version of this package that was in Debian prior to this removal
can still be found using https://snapshot.debian.org/.

Please note that the changes have been done on the master archive and
will not propagate to any mirrors until the next dinstall run at the
earliest.

This message was generated automatically; if you believe that there is
a problem with it please contact the archive administrators by mailing
ftpmaster@ftp-master.debian.org.

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Thorsten Alteholz (the ftpmaster behind the curtain)