Just sent this to "ubuntu-devel," but it probably should have been posted here instead...
--- Hi, At the moment, neither "python-is-python2-but-deprecated" nor "python-is-python3" provide the "python" package. I wonder if this is intended behavior, or an oversight? In the last update on this [topic] on the [ubuntu-devel] mailing list, back in February, it was stated that at least "python-is-python2-but-deprecated" would provide the "python" package. > - Before release, add a binary package "python-is-python2-but-deprecated" package shipping the /usr/bin/python symlink, and providing the python package. [...] Thanks. P.S. When I run `apt info python-is-python2-but-deprecated` I get this about dependencies: [...] Depends: python2 Breaks: python, python-is-python3 Replaces: python, python-is-python3 [...] But no "Provides:"... And when I run `apt info python-is-python3` I get: [...] Depends: python3 Breaks: python, python-is-python2-but-deprecated Replaces: python, python-is-python2-but-deprecated [...] No "Provides:" again. (By contrast here is what I get for `apt info wine-development`, which "provides" the wine package): [...] Provides: wine Depends: [...] Suggests: [...] Breaks: [...] Replaces: [...] [...] With neither back-compatible transition package "providing" the "python" package, anything package that currently depends on the version-neutral "python" package can't be installed in Focal. -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
