Public bug reported:
So we're drifting into complicated territory.
- Python 2 is still the default?
- Package: python-virtualenv is Python2
- Package: virtualenv is Python 3 and replaces python-virtualenv
- Therefore you can't install both
The Ubuntu-Python packaging team needs to decide what takes precedence.
Allowing the names to conflict like this is confusing, unneccessary and
a little bit evil.
For the sanity of devops, I would plead that virtualenv remain a Python
2 binary, the "virtualenv" package be thrown into the sun and
python3-virtualenv changes its binary to virtualenv3 (or people use the
module directly like they have forever `python3 -mvenv ...`)
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: virtualenv 14.0.5+ds-2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-8.23-generic 4.4.2
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-8-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: KDE
Date: Sun Feb 28 13:21:39 2016
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: python-virtualenv
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
** Affects: python-virtualenv (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Tags: amd64 apport-bug xenial
** Description changed:
So we're drifting into complicated territory.
-
- - Python 2 is still the default?
- - Package: python-virtualenv is Python2
- - Package: virtualenv is Python 3 and replaces python-virtualenv
- - Therefore you can't install both
+
+ - Python 2 is still the default?
+ - Package: python-virtualenv is Python2
+ - Package: virtualenv is Python 3 and replaces python-virtualenv
+ - Therefore you can't install both
+
+ The Ubuntu-Python packaging team needs to decide what takes precedence.
+ Allowing the names to conflict like this is confusing, unneccessary and
+ a little bit evil.
For the sanity of devops, I would plead that virtualenv remain a Python
2 binary, the "virtualenv" package be thrown into the sun and
python3-virtualenv changes its binary to virtualenv3 (or people use the
module directly like they have forever `python3 -mvenv ...`)
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: virtualenv 14.0.5+ds-2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-8.23-generic 4.4.2
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-8-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_uvm nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.20-0ubuntu3
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: KDE
Date: Sun Feb 28 13:21:39 2016
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: python-virtualenv
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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16.04's virtualenv uses Python 3 but python executable is Python 2
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