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

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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?

** Affects: what-is-python (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: 20.10 bot-comment dh-python python-is-python3
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Python3 can't co-exist with Oracle's VirtualBox on 20.10
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1899288
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