[Python-modules-team] Bug#882179: jupyter-console: --kernel option ignored

[Sebastian Luque]

Package: jupyter-console
Version: 5.2.0-1
Severity: normal

Dear Maintainer,

Requesting a python2 kernel gives this:

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$ jupyter console --kernel=python2
Jupyter console 5.2.0

Python 3.6.3 (default, Oct  3 2017, 21:16:13) 
Type "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.

IPython 5.5.0 -- An enhanced Interactive Python.
?         -> Introduction and overview of IPython's features.
%quickref -> Quick reference.
help      -> Python's own help system.
object?   -> Details about 'object', use 'object??' for extra details.



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python2 is certainly an available kernel (I believe from
python-ipykernel package):

$ jupyter kernelspec list
Available kernels:
  octave     /usr/local/share/jupyter/kernels/octave
  python2    /usr/local/share/jupyter/kernels/python2
  python3    /usr/share/jupyter/kernels/python3


-- System Information:
Debian Release: buster/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (300, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 4.13.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_CA.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_CA.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=en_CA:en (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages jupyter-console depends on:
ii  jupyter-core             4.3.0-1
ii  python3                  3.6.3-2
ii  python3-jupyter-console  5.2.0-1

jupyter-console recommends no packages.

jupyter-console suggests no packages.

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Sebastian Luque