Node.js 14 builds broken (missing python on Ubuntu 18.04 containers)

[richardlau]

Starting with the 31 March builds, https://ci.nodejs.org/view/Node.js%20Daily/job/node-daily-v14.x-staging/177/, the Node.js 14 build has been failing on Ubuntu 18.04 containers:
e.g.

• https://ci.nodejs.org/job/node-test-commit-linux-containered/36920/
• https://ci.nodejs.org/job/node-test-commit-arm/46804/

https://ci.nodejs.org/job/node-test-commit-linux-containered/36920/nodes=ubuntu1804_sharedlibs_shared_x64/console

11:03:33 + make run-ci -j 4
11:03:33 /bin/sh: 1: python: not found
11:03:33 make: python: Command not found
11:03:33 make: python: Command not found
11:03:33 make: python: Command not found
11:03:33 make: python: Command not found
11:03:33 make: python: Command not found
11:03:33 make: python: Command not found
11:03:33 make: python: Command not found
11:03:33 make: python: Command not found
11:03:33 make: python: Command not found
11:03:33 make: python: Command not found
11:03:33 python ./configure --verbose  --shared
11:03:33 make: python: Command not found
11:03:33 Makefile:526: recipe for target 'build-ci' failed
11:03:33 make: *** [build-ci] Error 127

[MoLow]

should we backport nodejs/node#37764
or should we revert some of the changes in #3272 and #3269 ?

[richardlau]

should we backport nodejs/node#37764 or should we revert some of the changes in #3272 and #3269 ?

Backporting nodejs/node#37764 would be breaking for Node.js 14.

I think maybe we could restore python-pip to the Dockerfile, or try installing python. We can keep tap2junit installed with pip3, but we need to have python available for Node.js 14.