Ubuntu development team mailing list updated with the latest progress Python removed from Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 2, the developers are working to ensure Python 2 will not be available as part of the next Ubuntu LTS version. The latest progress report from the point of view, the process of removing the Python 2 is long, but fairly smooth.
You can see, python-defaults package now be migrated to the published version, and therefore deleted following binary packages:
libpython-dbg libpython-dev libpython-stdlib python python-dbg python-dev python-doc python-minimal
The ultimate goal is to remove all the dependencies of these packages in the Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.
Other measures include the removal python * binary packages, and deal with some version of python is not dependent on the package name of the package, to scan all rely on Python binary packages retained 2 to add a file called "python-is -python2-but-deprecated "binary package, which will be / usr / bin / python with python2 create a symbolic link (symlink), for any reservation and related work.
In addition, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS will remain Python2 files in the package, which is mainly taking into account the needs of its users and still has not been any code to Python Ubuntu derivative version 3. Although Python 2 will not provide installation media, but with the previous program, some of the Ubuntu derivative version of the application can not be transplanted can still Python 2 for 20.04 LTS version.