Bug#315168: aspell should be a required package for gaim

As I said already in the bug closing message: Package: libaspell15 Recommends: aspell-en | aspell-dictionary | aspell6a-dictionary Michael Forbes wrote: I recently migrated from Ubuntu to Debian and with it came my gaim preferences verbatim. I had set spell checking on in my Ubuntu

Bug#315168: aspell should be a required package for gaim

That would be for a wishlist bug. As it stands, nearly all packages that depend on aspell don't explicitly recommend any aspell dictionary. Michael Forbes wrote: Upon reading the Debian package relationship policy I understand that spelling should only be a recommended package for gaim. What

Bug#315168: aspell should be a required package for gaim

Upon reading the Debian package relationship policy I understand that spelling should only be a recommended package for gaim. What is still unclear to me however is what libaspell15 can do without apsell. Having gaim require libaspell15 seems to do very little since libaspell15 alone adds

Bug#315168: aspell should be a required package for gaim

I recently migrated from Ubuntu to Debian and with it came my gaim preferences verbatim. I had set spell checking on in my Ubuntu preferences so I naturally thought it would migrate over to Debian. I noticed after a while that it did not check my spelling and wondered why. I tried