Digikam has too many dependencies in Ubuntu

Bug #298784 reported by Maimon Mons
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: digikam

When installing digikam under a fresh installation of Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid), I get the following:

$ sudo apt-get install digikam
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following extra packages will be installed:
  dolphin exiv2 gnupg-agent graphicsmagick graphicsmagick-imagemagick-compat
  k3b k3b-data kde-icons-oxygen kdebase-bin kdebase-data kdebase-runtime
  kdebase-runtime-bin-kde4 kdebase-runtime-data kdebase-runtime-data-common
  kdelibs-bin kdelibs-data kdelibs4c2a kdelibs5 kdelibs5-data kdepimlibs-data
  kdepimlibs5 kfind khelpcenter4 kipi-plugins kmail konqueror
  konqueror-nsplugins libakonadiprivate1 libarts1c2a libartsc0 libaudio2
  libavahi-qt3-1 libclucene0ldbl libdbus-qt-1-1c2 libexiv2-4 libflac++6
  libgraphicsmagick1 libk3b3 libkdcraw3 libkdepim4 libkexiv2-3 libkipi-common
  libkipi0 libkleo4 libkonq5 libkonq5-templates libkpgp4 libksieve4 liblua50
  liblualib50 libmimelib4 libmpcdec3 libmpg123-0 libmysqlclient15off
  libphonon4 libpq5 libqt3-mt libqt4-dbus libqt4-designer libqt4-network
  libqt4-opengl libqt4-qt3support libqt4-script libqt4-sql libqt4-sql-mysql
  libqt4-svg libqt4-xml libqtcore4 libqtgui4 libraptor1 librasqal0 librdf0
  libsoprano4 libstreamanalyzer0 libstreams0 libstrigiqtdbusclient0 mpg123
  mysql-common phonon phonon-backend-gstreamer pinentry-gtk2 qt4-qtconfig
  raptor-utils redland-utils soprano-daemon
Suggested packages:
  digikam-doc graphicsmagick-dbg k3b-i18n normalize-audio toolame sox
  movixmaker-2 vcdimager kdebase-kio-plugins kcontrol libk3b3-extracodecs
  transcode kdebase perl-suid gallery kipi-plugins-doc kaddressbook procmail
  clamav f-prot-installer akonadi-server libarts1-akode nas libqt3-mt-mysql
  libqt3-mt-odbc libqt3-mt-psql libqt4-dev libjack0 phonon-backend-xine
  phonon-backend-vlc phonon-backend-mplayer pinentry-doc
Recommended packages:
  kdeprint kooka pinentry-qt4 pinentry-qt pinentry-x11
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  digikam dolphin exiv2 gnupg-agent graphicsmagick
  graphicsmagick-imagemagick-compat k3b k3b-data kde-icons-oxygen kdebase-bin
  kdebase-data kdebase-runtime kdebase-runtime-bin-kde4 kdebase-runtime-data
  kdebase-runtime-data-common kdelibs-bin kdelibs-data kdelibs4c2a kdelibs5
  kdelibs5-data kdepimlibs-data kdepimlibs5 kfind khelpcenter4 kipi-plugins
  kmail konqueror konqueror-nsplugins libakonadiprivate1 libarts1c2a libartsc0
  libaudio2 libavahi-qt3-1 libclucene0ldbl libdbus-qt-1-1c2 libexiv2-4
  libflac++6 libgraphicsmagick1 libk3b3 libkdcraw3 libkdepim4 libkexiv2-3
  libkipi-common libkipi0 libkleo4 libkonq5 libkonq5-templates libkpgp4
  libksieve4 liblua50 liblualib50 libmimelib4 libmpcdec3 libmpg123-0
  libmysqlclient15off libphonon4 libpq5 libqt3-mt libqt4-dbus libqt4-designer
  libqt4-network libqt4-opengl libqt4-qt3support libqt4-script libqt4-sql
  libqt4-sql-mysql libqt4-svg libqt4-xml libqtcore4 libqtgui4 libraptor1
  librasqal0 librdf0 libsoprano4 libstreamanalyzer0 libstreams0
  libstrigiqtdbusclient0 mpg123 mysql-common phonon phonon-backend-gstreamer
  pinentry-gtk2 qt4-qtconfig raptor-utils redland-utils soprano-daemon
0 upgraded, 86 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 109MB of archives.

Now, does digikam *really* need both qt3 and qt4? Also, does it need dolphin and konqueror? Sounds somewhat excessive. Actually, it sounds like it's installing the entire kubuntu base.

Is it possible to pare this down a bit for Ubuntu 9.04 (if not for 8.10)?

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