[Bug 886735] [NEW] Digikam package requires installation of non-required dependencies

[Nicholas Skaggs]

Public bug reported:

According to the digikam website, the following is the list of required
packages for digikam:

https://projects.kde.org/projects/extragear/graphics/digikam/repository/revisions/master/entry/README

CMake           >= 2.8.x  (only for building)
libqt           >= 4.6.x
kdelibs         >= 4.4.x
liblcms         >= 1.17.x
libtiff         >= 3.8.2
libpng          >= 1.2.x
libjpeg         >= 6b
libjasper       >= 1.7.x
libkipi         >= 2.0.0
libkexiv2       >= 2.0.0
libkdcraw       >= 2.0.0
libkface        >= 2.0.0
libkgeomap      >= 2.0.0

Currently attempting to install on ubuntu 11.10 requires pulling in much
of the kde desktop!  Even running

sudo apt-get --no-install-recommends install digikam

to avoid recommended packages still pulls in things like phonon,
akondai, marble, plasma, and mysql. I believe this is largely to due
with the fact kdepims is mark as required, when digikam lists it as
optional. This should be re-packaged to require only the required
packages, with the optionals being listed on such. In it's current
packaged state, this is essentially undesirable under gnome/unity, since
the weight of these extraneous packages and services is a large burden
to simply get a qt based app.

This appears to also affect debian:
http://packages.debian.org/experimental/digikam

** Affects: digikam (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Description changed:

  According to the digikam website, the following is the list of required
  packages for digikam:
  
  https://projects.kde.org/projects/extragear/graphics/digikam/repository/revisions/master/entry/README
  
  CMake           >= 2.8.x  (only for building)
  libqt           >= 4.6.x
  kdelibs         >= 4.4.x
  liblcms         >= 1.17.x
  libtiff         >= 3.8.2
  libpng          >= 1.2.x
  libjpeg         >= 6b
  libjasper       >= 1.7.x
  libkipi         >= 2.0.0
  libkexiv2       >= 2.0.0
  libkdcraw       >= 2.0.0
  libkface        >= 2.0.0
  libkgeomap      >= 2.0.0
  
  Currently attempting to install on ubuntu 11.10 requires pulling in much
  of the kde desktop!  Even running
  
  sudo apt-get --no-install-recommends install digikam
  
  to avoid recommended packages still pulls in things like phonon,
  akondai, marble, plasma, and mysql. I believe this is largely to due
  with the fact kdepims is mark as required, when digikam lists it as
  optional. This should be re-packaged to require only the required
  packages, with the optionals being listed on such. In it's current
  packaged state, this is essentially undesirable under gnome/unity, since
  the weight of these extraneous packages and services is a large burden
  to simply get a qt based app.
+ 
+ This appears to also affect debian:
+ http://packages.debian.org/experimental/digikam

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  Digikam package requires installation of non-required dependencies

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