post-beta2 debian-installer in 20130416 requires internet connection

situation:
d-i checks network connection
offers options to deal with lack thereof
set do not configure

should happen:
continues to partitioning

does happen:
asks for mirror
checks mirror
network connection doesn't work, so fails
loops back to asking for mirror

officially this was with lubuntu 20130416 daily alternate amd64 on this machine
currently running beta2 as i wanted to check my memory that it worked fine without a connection and it did!

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: debian-installer (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-16.26-generic 3.8.5
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-16-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu5
Architecture: amd64
Date: Thu Apr 18 23:57:57 2013
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-04-19 (0 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Alpha amd64 (20130403)
Lsusb:
 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
 Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
 Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
MachineType: Hewlett-Packard Pavilion dv5000 (EZ524UA#ABA)
MarkForUpload: True
MemoryUsage:
 total used free shared buffers cached
 Mem: 501596 485700 15896 0 4964 248960
 -/+ buffers/cache: 231776 269820
 Swap: 521212 1196 520016
PccardctlIdent:
 Socket 0:
   no product info available
PccardctlStatus:
 Socket 0:
   no card
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.8.0-16-generic root=UUID=9231f66c-3295-49bd-8a45-c7ca4f6c3125 ro persistent splash quiet vt.handoff=7
SourcePackage: debian-installer
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 04/13/2006
dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.bios.version: F.41
dmi.board.name: 30A4
dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.board.version: 49.54
dmi.chassis.type: 10
dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard
dmi.chassis.version: N/A
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvrF.41:bd04/13/2006:svnHewlett-Packard:pnPaviliondv5000(EZ524UA#ABA):pvrF.41:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn30A4:rvr49.54:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvrN/A:
dmi.product.name: Pavilion dv5000 (EZ524UA#ABA)
dmi.product.version: F.41
dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard