Bug#266603: kmail should depend on kdepim-kio-plugins, not just recommend it

[Daniel Schepler <schepler@math.berkeley.edu>]

Alexander Nordström <alexander.nordstrom@tpg.com.au> writes:

> Bug 26603: Missing dependency on kdepim-kio-plugins was closed after 
> adding kdepim-kio-plugins to kmail's recommendations (as I understand 
> it). It is my and other users' belief[1] that recommends is not enough 
> as it provides "a significant amount of functionality" that is no less 
> central than the built-in POP3 support, and that kmail should depend 
> rather than recommend the plugins package.

Recommends is a strong dependency that is supposed to be satisfied in
"all but unusual installations".  I'm curious what apt front-end
you're using that doesn't install recommended packages automatically,
or seemingly even notify you about the recommended packages.  I'm
using aptitude, which I think handles this properly with the default
configuration.

Also, I interpreted that sentence of policy to mean "if A doesn't
provide any functionality at all without B, or the functionality
provided is insignificant, then A should list B in its Depends".
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