On Saturday, April 1, 2017 12:20:17 PM PDT fradev wrote: > On 31/03/17 13:27:14 CEST, Maximiliano Curia wrote: > > >>> Depends: kmail --> change to: Suggests > > >> > > >> It has its glitches... But I use it > > > > > > I use it too and I propose to suggest it, and not recommend it, exactly > > > because it has it glitches and many people probably prefer other clients > > > or > > > just e-mail web interfaces even when using the Plasma desktop. > > > > I think that kde-standard needs to provide kmail, even if kmail is > > "glitchy", btw, it works way better than the one in jessie. The same goes > > for korganizer. kaddressbook and knotes are required for a sane kmail and > > korganizer installation respectively. > > I agree that all these packages are useful for kmail and korganizer. > However, especially when using multiple machines, a browser web can be said > to be essential but a complete mail suite is not. I have different > computers but only one is used for e-mail, from my point of view is not > useful to have kmail and friends installed by default on all my computers > by default because they serve different purposes. > > And, again, I think that kmail and its complementary applications installed > by default are too much for the general public. We power users have our > needs but the majority out there has more simple needs. For a lot of people > the web interface of their only e-mail account is more than enough, meaning > that what they need is just a web browser. > > Francesco
But for a good "out of the box" experience, many people expect a mail client. Look at Kubuntu. Personally kmail would be of the first packages I would install on any KDE system that I would set up for an "average" user. A default email solution is something any distro should have. For a KDE specific solution, I don't think there is much else out there. If this were to come to a vote I would say leave it in.
