I also performed an upgrade of an Ubuntu 16.04 lxc container to artful w/ -proposed enabled without issue.
ubuntu@artful-upgrade:~$ grep -C10 python3-minimal /var/log/dist-upgrade/apt-term.log Unpacking python3-cryptography (1.9-1) over (1.2.3-1ubuntu0.1) ... Processing triggers for systemd (234-2ubuntu12.4) ... Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-19) ... Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.26-0ubuntu2.1) ... Setting up libssl1.0.0:amd64 (1.0.2g-1ubuntu13.6) ... Setting up libpython3.6-minimal:amd64 (3.6.3-1ubuntu1) ... Setting up libexpat1:amd64 (2.2.3-1) ... Setting up python3.6-minimal (3.6.3-1ubuntu1) ... Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.26-0ubuntu2.1) ... (Reading database ... 26272 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../python3-minimal_3.6.3-0ubuntu3_amd64.deb ... Unpacking python3-minimal (3.6.3-0ubuntu3) over (3.5.1-3) ... Setting up python3-minimal (3.6.3-0ubuntu3) ... (Reading database ... 26272 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../python3_3.6.3-0ubuntu3_amd64.deb ... running python pre-rtupdate hooks for python3.6... Unpacking python3 (3.6.3-0ubuntu3) over (3.5.1-3) ... Preparing to unpack .../install-info_6.4.90.dfsg.1-1build1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking install-info (6.4.90.dfsg.1-1build1) over (6.1.0.dfsg.1-5) ... Setting up install-info (6.4.90.dfsg.1-1build1) ... (Reading database ... 26272 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../readline-common_7.0-0ubuntu2_all.deb ... Unpacking readline-common (7.0-0ubuntu2) over (6.3-8ubuntu2) ... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1768379 Title: python3-minimal should predepend on versioned version of python3-minimal To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python3-defaults/+bug/1768379/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs