Packaging python bits with setuptools that depend on non-distutil packages

[Kevin Kofler]

loupgaroublond at gmail.com wrote:
> To make a short story long, i'm sure there are ways to include code
> snippets in dbus, rpm, and possibly other packages that also generate egg
> info. This would at least let me declare those packages as dependencies.
> The bigger issue i have though, is how can i import them in some generic
> fashion into virtualenv?

The Fedora way is to use mock to create your chroot. RPM is the package
management tool around here, not python-distutils.

        Kevin Kofler