Public bug reported: Sorry I couldn't file this bug against the correct packages. The form told me there are no such packages as python-is-python3 and dh-python in Ubuntu...
Release: Groovy Gorilla (Ubuntu 20.10). Package versions: python-is-python3 3.8.2-4 dh-python 4.20200925 The release of Ubuntu 20.10 is less than two weeks out, so I'd like to draw attention to a problem I've run into. It seems that 20.10 defaults to python3 and wants to install python-is-python3, which pulls in the latest version of dh-python, which in turn can't co-exist with Oracle's Virtualbox-6.1 and wants to uninstall it. I don't mind having _both_ python2 (apparently a requirement of VirtualBox) and python3 installed. But as of right now I can have either python-is-python3, and not be able to do a complete upgrade since virtualbox-6.1 will be uninstalled, or python-is-python2, in which case I cripple 20.10's python3 install, since I won't get dh-python and python-six. Ia there something the python packagers do about this? ** Affects: ubuntu Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: 20.10 dh-python python-is-python3 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1899288 Title: Python3 can't co-exist with Oracle's VirtualBox on 20.10 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1899288/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs