This repository contains snap packaging for the Python language interpreter and standard library.

When installed normally, the interpreter will be run under a strict confinement policy that will prevent it from accessing files in the home directory or using the network. Confinement can be switched off by installing the snap using the --devmode option.

The package also exports two content interface slots that make Python available to other snap packages. This provides a safe way for multiple snap packages to share the same Python interpreter.

Both the python3 and python3.6 slots export the same content: the intention is that newer releases of Python might also provide the python3 content ID, but not python3.6. For pure Python packages, the first might be appropriate. While packages that contain extension modules compiled for Python 3.6, the second makes sense.