[Python-modules-team] Debian Multiarch package issue: virtualenv and python3-virtualenv

[Struan Bartlett]

Hello

We have been unable to install virtualenv and python3-virtualenv on 
Debian stretch/i386 with python3:amd64, without customising the former 
two packages, due to what appear to be minor package configuration issues.

We have resolved the issues in custom-built packages by:
- Adding a 'Multi-Arch: allowed' header to each of these two packages
- Removing the apparently surplus python3 dependency in 
python3-virtualenv, leaving only the python3:any dependency
- Modifying the python3 dependency in virtualenv, to make it python3:any 
too.
(please see example diffs below).

Please would you advise what additional action, if any, we need to take 
to raise these issue formally and see them fixed in future package releases?

Kind regards

Struan Bartlett

diff -ubw DEBIAN/control*
--- DEBIAN/control      2016-12-01 23:08:39.000000000 +0000
+++ DEBIAN/control2     2019-03-06 22:40:00.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
  Package: python3-virtualenv
  Source: python-virtualenv
  Version: 15.1.0+ds-1
  Architecture: all
+Multi-Arch: allowed
  Maintainer: Debian Python Modules Team 
<python-modules-team at lists.alioth.debian.org>
  Installed-Size: 137
-Depends: python-pip-whl (>= 8.1.1-2), python3, python3-pkg-resources, 
python3:any (>= 3.3.2-2~)
+Depends: python-pip-whl (>= 8.1.1-2), python3-pkg-resources, 
python3:any (>= 3.3.2-2~)
  Section: python
  Priority: optional
  Homepage: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/virtualenv```
(edited)

# diff -ubw DEBIAN/control*
--- DEBIAN/control      2016-12-01 23:08:39.000000000 +0000
+++ DEBIAN/control2     2019-03-06 22:45:13.000000000 +0000
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
  Package: virtualenv
  Source: python-virtualenv
  Version: 15.1.0+ds-1
  Architecture: all
+Multi-Arch: allowed
  Maintainer: Debian Python Modules Team 
<python-modules-team at lists.alioth.debian.org>
  Installed-Size: 30
-Depends: python3, python3-virtualenv
+Depends: python3:any, python3-virtualenv
  Breaks: python-virtualenv (<< 1.11.6)
  Replaces: python-virtualenv (<< 1.11.6)
  Section: python

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