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Title: Problematic dependency on python3-apport causes all Python invocations to install apport hook Status in xorg package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: This would be no big deal if python3-apport just sat there until it was used (which it would never be on my system, since I removed apport). However, whenever python3-apport is installed, it unconditionally sets itself as sys.excepthook in Python3. The decision to have xserver-xorg depend on python3-apport basically means that every user who runs an X server will get this exception hook in Python whether they want it or not. And having python3-apport as the Python exception hook is not exactly harmless; it can still cause issues. My relatively minor but annoying issue is that I see deprecation warnings every time I get an error traceback, because python3-apport uses some deprecated code. I can imagine worse issues should there be an error in python3-apport; it could cause massive headaches and confusion for users who have no idea what's causing it. I'm not sure there is any point to have this dependency in the xserver-xorg package; it doesn't seem like those scripts will ever be run unless apport is installed and detects a crash, and apport already depends on python3-apport. I made a nice equivs package to allow myself to uninstall it, and as far as I can tell X and its applications still run fine. This is for Fossa, package version 1:7.7+19ubuntu. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg/+bug/1899971/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
