python-profile conflicts with python2.6 and python2.7

[Curtis Hovey]

Trying to install python-profile will suggest removing most of the desktop. I chose to download and install it:

sudo dpkg --force-conflicts -i python-profiler_2.6.6-0ubuntu1_all.deb
dpkg: regarding python-profiler_2.6.6-0ubuntu1_all.deb containing python-profiler:
 python2.6 conflicts with python-profiler
  python-profiler (version 2.6.6-0ubuntu1) is to be installed.
dpkg: warning: ignoring conflict, may proceed anyway!
dpkg: regarding python-profiler_2.6.6-0ubuntu1_all.deb containing python-profiler:
 python2.7 conflicts with python-profiler (<= 2.7.1-2)
  python-profiler (version 2.6.6-0ubuntu1) is to be installed.
dpkg: warning: ignoring conflict, may proceed anyway!
(Reading database ... 224840 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking python-profiler (from python-profiler_2.6.6-0ubuntu1_all.deb) ...
Replaced by files in installed package python2.6 ...
Replaced by files in installed package python2.7 ...
Setting up python-profiler (2.6.6-0ubuntu1) ...

[Curtis Hovey (sinzui)]

A diff of the py2.6 and py2.7 files against the stdlib shows that the files are already installed. 2.7 is subtly different, the deprecated sort/compare code was removed.

I think python-profiler should remove its python 2.6/python2.7 versions; it is not needed since stdlib provides them.