Control: tags -1 + wontfix On 03.05.2018 05:49, Noah Kantrowitz wrote: > Package: python3.6 > Version: 3.6.5~rc1-1 > Severity: wishlist > > The various python3 packages (python3, python3.6) all have the venv package > as a suggests. Given how this is part of the standard library and a generally > expected tool in a Python 3 installation, it would be nice to bump this up to > a recommends so that it will normally be installed along with Python. It's > also possible that the package should get renamed as it doesn't actually > contain venv at all, it contains ensurepip (which venv can work without). The > -minimal packages would still be available for anyone that wants to avoid > installing ensurepip. Would be a nice UX win to have `apt install python3` > provide the standard tooling.
python3 doesn't install the complete standard library, and it shouldn't enforce installation of venv either. I don't think a python3-bells-and-whistles depending on everything is needed.
