Comment # 1 on bug 1020850 from Jos� Iv�n L�pez Gonz�lez

(In reply to Adrien Plazas from comment #0)
> I recently installed OpenSUSE 42.2 on a hardware with Wifi as the only gate
> to the network. In order to set network up, yast required me to install the
> iw package.
> 
> As you can imagine, installing a package without the network can be pretty
> inconvenient: I had to look for an ethernet to USB adapter to be able to
> install just one package.
> 
> Nowadays network is expected or required for any package management and
> hence for a useful system, so maybe it's good regarding network to install
> by default more than needed than not enough.

That can be an interesting feature to have in the future. Could you please
create a feature request for that? You can do it here https://fate.suse.com/ or
here https://features.opensuse.org/