Unexpected behaviour when installing TeX Live 2023 with Scheme: Custom scheme

[Norbert Preining]

> I installed TeX Live 2023 yesterday using Scheme: Custom scheme and Other collections : Windows-only support programs + XeTeX and packages and was surprised to see it installing

This is not enough to understand what you have selected.
Please give the exact list of collections selected in the installer.

> etc.  Now I can understand it installing LuaTeX, because it is not
> impossible that something in the installation and/or update
> infrastructure requires Lua,

Yes, the script runner requires luatex.

> but why arabtex, atbegshi, atveryend, awesomebox, babel, bibtex, [...],  zbmath-review-template ?

Because one of the collections or languages you have selected requires
it. Without knowing what you selected, we cannot help.

I suggest installing a minimal scheme, and add your prefered packages
with tlmgr one by one if you are seeking a minimal system.

Best regards

Norbert

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