Several packages recommend the "python" package, which doesn't exist in Focal

Bug #1873299 reported by d-d-2
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calligra (Ubuntu)
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cfengine3 (Ubuntu)
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dump1090-mutability (Ubuntu)
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gpsd (Ubuntu)
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nagios-plugins-contrib (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
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Jan Wagner
stx2any (Ubuntu)
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xboxdrv (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

There are several packages that have "Recommends: python", but the versionless "python" package doesn't exist in Focal.

```
$ apt-rdepends --show=RECOMMENDS -r python
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
python
  Reverse Recommends: calligra-libs (1:3.1.0+dfsg-6ubuntu7)
  Reverse Recommends: cfengine3 (3.12.1-2)
  Reverse Recommends: dump1090-mutability (>= 1.15~20180310.4a16df3+dfsg-6)
  Reverse Recommends: nagios-plugins-contrib (25.20191015+1ubuntu1)
  Reverse Recommends: stx2any (>= 1.56-2.1)
  Reverse Recommends: xboxdrv (0.8.8-2)
```

This is an overall tracking bug for the status of those packages.

Tags: py2-removal
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d-d-2 (dandromb) wrote :
Changed in gpsd (Ubuntu):
status: New → Fix Released
description: updated
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d-d-2 (dandromb) wrote :

See also the tracking bug I made for all the packages that have "Suggests: python"

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1872331

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Colin Watson (cjwatson) wrote :

Instead of a tracking bug, please just consider using tags instead.

tags: added: py2-removal
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d-d-2 (dandromb) wrote :

I can mark this as some sort of closed/resolved status and tag the original bugs with py2-removal, if that's better.

I'm not an advanced launchpad.net user, sorry.

Jan Wagner (waja)
Changed in nagios-plugins-contrib (Ubuntu):
status: New → Fix Released
assignee: nobody → Jan Wagner (waja)
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Paul White (paulw2u) wrote :

Invalidating redundant 'Ubuntu' task

Changed in ubuntu:
status: New → Invalid
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