Installing fail2ban pulls python2

[blakawk]

In ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial", when installing fail2ban using "apt install fail2ban", apt installs python2 as a "recommended" dependency, while it is actually not needed at all by fail2ban. This should be changed.

# lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS
Release: 16.04
Codename: xenial

# apt install fail2ban
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
  libpython-stdlib libpython2.7-minimal libpython2.7-stdlib python python-minimal python2.7 python2.7-minimal
Suggested packages:
  mailx monit python-doc python-tk python2.7-doc binutils binfmt-support
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  fail2ban libpython-stdlib libpython2.7-minimal libpython2.7-stdlib python python-minimal python2.7 python2.7-minimal
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[blakawk (blakawk)]

Added lsb_release + command output.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.