[Pkg-samba-maint] Bug#975330: samba: Upgrading python to 3.9 wants to remove samba completely

[jim_p]

Package: samba
Followup-For: Bug #975330
X-Debbugs-Cc: pitsiorisj at gmail.com

After yesterday's update in sid, apt wants to remove much less now. However,
samba is still under removal

The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  python3-dnspython python3-tdb python3.8 python3.8-minimal tdb-tools
Use 'apt autoremove' to remove them.
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  python3-samba samba samba-common-bin
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  libpython3.9 libpython3.9-minimal libpython3.9-stdlib python3.9
  python3.9-minimal
The following packages will be upgraded:
  libldb2 libpython3-stdlib libtalloc2 libtdb1 python3 python3-ldb
  python3-minimal python3-talloc python3-tdb
9 upgraded, 5 newly installed, 3 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 7,124 kB of archives.
After this operation, 14.5 MB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] n
Abort.



-- System Information:
Debian Release: bullseye/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 5.9.0-3-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU threads)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE, TAINT_OOT_MODULE, TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages samba depends on:
ii  adduser              3.118
ii  dpkg                 1.20.5
ii  init-system-helpers  1.58
ii  libbsd0              0.10.0-1
ii  libc6                2.31-4
ii  libgnutls30          3.6.15-4
ii  libldb2              2:2.1.4-2
ii  libpam-modules       1.3.1-5
ii  libpam-runtime       1.3.1-5
ii  libpopt0             1.18-2
ii  libpython3.8         3.8.6-1
ii  libtalloc2           2.3.1-2
ii  libtasn1-6           4.16.0-2
ii  libtdb1              1.4.3-1
ii  libtevent0           0.10.2-1
ii  libwbclient0         2:4.12.5+dfsg-3
ii  lsb-base             11.1.0
ii  procps               2:3.3.16-5
ii  python3              3.8.6-1
pn  python3-dnspython    <none>
pn  python3-samba        <none>
ii  samba-common         2:4.12.5+dfsg-3
pn  samba-common-bin     <none>
ii  samba-libs           2:4.12.5+dfsg-3
pn  tdb-tools            <none>

Versions of packages samba recommends:
pn  attr                <none>
ii  logrotate           3.17.0-2
pn  python3-markdown    <none>
pn  samba-dsdb-modules  <none>
pn  samba-vfs-modules   <none>

Versions of packages samba suggests:
pn  bind9          <none>
pn  bind9utils     <none>
pn  ctdb           <none>
pn  ldb-tools      <none>
pn  ntp | chrony   <none>
pn  smbldap-tools  <none>
pn  ufw            <none>
pn  winbind        <none>