I analyzed the two packages and I think I found the reason why they break each other: both contain /usr/bin/chardet and /usr/bin/chardetect (as well as the associated man pages).
So, a possible solution could be remove those two binaries, and their man pages from both python-chardet and python3-chardet, and create a new package "chardet" on which both would depend. Of course, this is just a suggestion, and I'm pretty sure the package maintainer is well aware of the situation and has his own reasons not to split the packages. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1901295 Title: python3-chardet breaks install of python-chardet To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python3-chardet/+bug/1901295/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
