Comment 5 for bug 1901295

Hi Julien and thanks for filing this bug.

I think your suggestion could work in principle, however I doubt it will be implemented in practice. It would mean modifying a package to support an unsupported package and more in general an unsupported setup.

Splitting the package in Debian would require it to go through the NEW queue again, which can be a quite lengthy process. Moreover Ubuntu would pickup the fixed package only in Hirsute (at best), so your existing systems wouldn't get the fix. Fixing the package directly in Ubuntu isn't a good idea either, as it's currently a sync from Debian, and we tend to avoid adding package deltas when possible, and still the fix could only land in Hirsute.

If you still want to try this way I suggest you to file a bug in Debian and wait for the package maintainers opinion, however the true way forward here is to leave Python2 behind. If that's not an option you can still stick to Bionic for the moment, it's supported until 2028.

I'm setting this bug to Incomplete to leave it open for further discussion if needed, but I think it should be considered a Won't Fix.