[Bug 1899288] Re: Python3 can't co-exist with Oracle's VirtualBox on 20.10

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

** Changed in: dh-python (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

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Title:
  Python3 can't co-exist with Oracle's VirtualBox on 20.10

Status in dh-python package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed
Status in what-is-python package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Sorry I couldn't file this bug against the correct packages. The form
  told me there are no such packages as python-is-python3 and dh-python
  in Ubuntu...

  Release: Groovy Gorilla (Ubuntu 20.10).

  Package versions: 
  python-is-python3 3.8.2-4
  dh-python         4.20200925

  The release of Ubuntu 20.10 is less than two weeks out, so I'd like to
  draw attention to a problem I've run into. It seems that 20.10
  defaults to python3 and wants to install python-is-python3, which
  pulls in the latest version of dh-python, which in turn can't co-exist
  with Oracle's Virtualbox-6.1 and wants to uninstall it.

  I don't mind having _both_ python2 (apparently a requirement of
  VirtualBox) and python3 installed. But as of right now I can have
  either python-is-python3, and not be able to do a complete upgrade
  since virtualbox-6.1 will be uninstalled, or python-is-python2, in
  which case I cripple 20.10's python3 install, since I won't get dh-
  python and python-six.

  Ia there something the python packagers do about this?

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