0.7.15 included a rewrite of the b2 backend to be much faster. The rewrite uses the official b2 API, not web access, thus the need for the package.
If you issue the commands below, you should see similar results: ken@dione:~$ pip --version pip 9.0.1 from /usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages (python 2.7) ken@dione:~$ pip2 --version pip 9.0.1 from /usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages (python 2.7) ken@dione:~$ pip3 --version pip 9.0.1 from /usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages (python 3.6) Please do the commands and post the results, just copy/paste from the console. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1743247 Title: B2 Python APIs are missing To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/duplicity/+bug/1743247/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs