$ diff -u 2.7/slim/Dockerfile <(curl -fsSL 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Soullivaneuh/python/2.7-alpine/2.7/alpine/Dockerfile')
--- 2.7/slim/Dockerfile 2016-01-11 12:19:23.005163475 -0800
+++ /dev/fd/63  2016-01-12 08:23:00.535696053 -0800
@@ -1,62 +1,57 @@
-FROM debian:jessie
-
-# remove several traces of debian python
-RUN apt-get purge -y python.*
-
-# http://bugs.python.org/issue19846
-# > At the moment, setting "LANG=C" on a Linux system *fundamentally breaks Python 3*, and that's not OK.
-ENV LANG C.UTF-8
-
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-       ca-certificates \
-       libsqlite3-0 \
-       libssl1.0.0 \
-   && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+FROM alpine:3.3

 # gpg: key 18ADD4FF: public key "Benjamin Peterson <benjamin@python.org>" imported
-RUN gpg --keyserver ha.pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-keys C01E1CAD5EA2C4F0B8E3571504C367C218ADD4FF
+ENV GPG_KEY C01E1CAD5EA2C4F0B8E3571504C367C218ADD4FF

 ENV PYTHON_VERSION 2.7.11

 # if this is called "PIP_VERSION", pip explodes with "ValueError: invalid truth value '<VERSION>'"
 ENV PYTHON_PIP_VERSION 7.1.2

-RUN set -x \
-   && buildDeps=' \
-       curl \
-       gcc \
-       libbz2-dev \
-       libc6-dev \
-       libncurses-dev \
-       libreadline-dev \
-       libsqlite3-dev \
-       libssl-dev \
-       make \
-       xz-utils \
-       zlib1g-dev \
-   ' \
-   && apt-get update && apt-get install -y $buildDeps --no-install-recommends && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* \
-   && mkdir -p /usr/src/python \
+RUN set -ex \
+   && apk add --no-cache --virtual .fetch-deps curl gnupg \
+   && gpg --keyserver ha.pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-keys "$GPG_KEY" \
    && curl -fSL "https://www.python.org/ftp/python/$PYTHON_VERSION/Python-$PYTHON_VERSION.tar.xz" -o python.tar.xz \
    && curl -fSL "https://www.python.org/ftp/python/$PYTHON_VERSION/Python-$PYTHON_VERSION.tar.xz.asc" -o python.tar.xz.asc \
    && gpg --verify python.tar.xz.asc \
-   && tar -xJC /usr/src/python --strip-components=1 -f python.tar.xz \
+   && mkdir -p /usr/src \
+   && tar -xJC /usr/src -f python.tar.xz \
+   && mv "/usr/src/Python-$PYTHON_VERSION" /usr/src/python \
    && rm python.tar.xz* \
+   && rm -r ~/.gnupg \
+   \
+   && apk add --no-cache --virtual .build-deps  \
+       bzip2-dev \
+       gcc \
+       libc-dev \
+       linux-headers \
+       make \
+       ncurses-dev \
+       openssl-dev \
+       pax-utils \
+       readline-dev \
+       sqlite-dev \
+       zlib-dev \
    && cd /usr/src/python \
    && ./configure --enable-shared --enable-unicode=ucs4 \
    && make -j$(nproc) \
    && make install \
-   && ldconfig \
    && curl -fSL 'https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py' | python2 \
    && pip install --no-cache-dir --upgrade pip==$PYTHON_PIP_VERSION \
    && find /usr/local \
        \( -type d -a -name test -o -name tests \) \
        -o \( -type f -a -name '*.pyc' -o -name '*.pyo' \) \
        -exec rm -rf '{}' + \
-   && apt-get purge -y --auto-remove $buildDeps \
+   && runDeps="$( \
+       scanelf --needed --nobanner --recursive /usr/local \
+           | awk '{ gsub(/,/, "\nso:", $2); print "so:" $2 }' \
+           | sort -u \
+           | xargs -r apk info --installed \
+           | sort -u \
+   )" \
+   && apk add --virtual .python-rundeps $runDeps \
+   && apk del .fetch-deps \
+   && apk del .build-deps \
    && rm -rf /usr/src/python

-# install "virtualenv", since the vast majority of users of this image will want it
-RUN pip install --no-cache-dir virtualenv
-
 CMD ["python2"]

$ diff -u 3.5/alpine/Dockerfile <(curl -fsSL 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Soullivaneuh/python/2.7-alpine/2.7/alpine/Dockerfile')
--- 3.5/alpine/Dockerfile   2016-01-11 12:19:24.170132154 -0800
+++ /dev/fd/63  2016-01-12 08:22:23.405829497 -0800
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 FROM alpine:3.3

-# gpg: key F73C700D: public key "Larry Hastings <larry@hastings.org>" imported
-ENV GPG_KEY 97FC712E4C024BBEA48A61ED3A5CA953F73C700D
+# gpg: key 18ADD4FF: public key "Benjamin Peterson <benjamin@python.org>" imported
+ENV GPG_KEY C01E1CAD5EA2C4F0B8E3571504C367C218ADD4FF

-ENV PYTHON_VERSION 3.5.1
+ENV PYTHON_VERSION 2.7.11

 # if this is called "PIP_VERSION", pip explodes with "ValueError: invalid truth value '<VERSION>'"
 ENV PYTHON_PIP_VERSION 7.1.2
@@ -11,14 +11,13 @@
 RUN set -ex \
    && apk add --no-cache --virtual .fetch-deps curl gnupg \
    && gpg --keyserver ha.pool.sks-keyservers.net --recv-keys "$GPG_KEY" \
-   && curl -fSL "https://www.python.org/ftp/python/${PYTHON_VERSION%%[a-z]*}/Python-$PYTHON_VERSION.tar.xz" -o python.tar.xz \
-   && curl -fSL "https://www.python.org/ftp/python/${PYTHON_VERSION%%[a-z]*}/Python-$PYTHON_VERSION.tar.xz.asc" -o python.tar.xz.asc \
+   && curl -fSL "https://www.python.org/ftp/python/$PYTHON_VERSION/Python-$PYTHON_VERSION.tar.xz" -o python.tar.xz \
+   && curl -fSL "https://www.python.org/ftp/python/$PYTHON_VERSION/Python-$PYTHON_VERSION.tar.xz.asc" -o python.tar.xz.asc \
    && gpg --verify python.tar.xz.asc \
    && mkdir -p /usr/src \
    && tar -xJC /usr/src -f python.tar.xz \
    && mv "/usr/src/Python-$PYTHON_VERSION" /usr/src/python \
    && rm python.tar.xz* \
-   && apk del .fetch-deps \
    && rm -r ~/.gnupg \
    \
    && apk add --no-cache --virtual .build-deps  \
@@ -35,9 +34,10 @@
        zlib-dev \
    && cd /usr/src/python \
    && ./configure --enable-shared --enable-unicode=ucs4 \
-   && make -j$(getconf _NPROCESSORS_ONLN) \
+   && make -j$(nproc) \
    && make install \
-   && pip3 install --no-cache-dir --upgrade --ignore-installed pip==$PYTHON_PIP_VERSION \
+   && curl -fSL 'https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py' | python2 \
+   && pip install --no-cache-dir --upgrade pip==$PYTHON_PIP_VERSION \
    && find /usr/local \
        \( -type d -a -name test -o -name tests \) \
        -o \( -type f -a -name '*.pyc' -o -name '*.pyo' \) \
@@ -50,15 +50,8 @@
            | sort -u \
    )" \
    && apk add --virtual .python-rundeps $runDeps \
+   && apk del .fetch-deps \
    && apk del .build-deps \
    && rm -rf /usr/src/python

-# make some useful symlinks that are expected to exist
-RUN cd /usr/local/bin \
-   && ln -s easy_install-3.5 easy_install \
-   && ln -s idle3 idle \
-   && ln -s pydoc3 pydoc \
-   && ln -s python3 python \
-   && ln -s python-config3 python-config
-
-CMD ["python3"]
+CMD ["python2"]