[Bug 119467] make non-essential packages Recommends and not Depends

[Luka Renko]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: kubuntu-desktop

Since kubuntu-desktop installs all packages in Recommends, it would make
a lot of sense to move all non-essential packages from Depends to
Recommends. This will allow users to remove some packages that they may
not need or in cases they would like to use own version (fro example
from SVN). This have already been done in past for digikam, kipi-
plugins, knetworkmanager...

This will also prevent workarounds like this:
http://apachelog.blogspot.com/2007/06/free-injections.html

Hobbsee has provided a list of current Depends:
http://rafb.net/p/RromAg15.html

>From this list, I would say this are candidates for "demotion" to Recommends:
amarok
cdrdao
cdparanoia
dvd+rw-tools
k3p
kaffeine-xine
kamera
kate
keep
kfind
kmailcvt
konversation
kooka
kopete
kpdf
kpf
kppp
krdc
krfb
ksysguard
ktorrent
wodim

Is there any side-effect of doing this?

** Affects: kubuntu-meta (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: Unconfirmed

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make non-essential packages Recommends and not Depends
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/119467
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