"python-is-python2-but-deprecated" and "python-is-python3" don't provide the "python" package

[Daniel Dromboski]

Just sent this to "ubuntu-devel," but it probably should have been
posted here instead...

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Hi,

At the moment, neither "python-is-python2-but-deprecated" nor
"python-is-python3" provide the "python" package.

I wonder if this is intended behavior, or an oversight?

In the last update on this [topic] on the [ubuntu-devel] mailing list,
back in February,
it was stated that at least "python-is-python2-but-deprecated" would
provide the "python" package.

>  - Before release, add a binary package "python-is-python2-but-deprecated"
package shipping the /usr/bin/python symlink, and providing the python
package. [...]

Thanks.


P.S. When I run `apt info python-is-python2-but-deprecated` I get this
about dependencies:

[...]
Depends: python2
Breaks: python, python-is-python3
Replaces: python, python-is-python3
[...]

But no "Provides:"...

And when I run `apt info python-is-python3` I get:

[...]
Depends: python3
Breaks: python, python-is-python2-but-deprecated
Replaces: python, python-is-python2-but-deprecated
[...]

No "Provides:" again.

(By contrast here is what I get for `apt info wine-development`, which
"provides" the wine package):

[...]
Provides: wine
Depends: [...]
Suggests: [...]
Breaks: [...]
Replaces: [...]
[...]

With neither back-compatible transition package "providing" the
"python" package, anything package that currently depends on the
version-neutral "python"  package can't be installed in Focal.