Migrate to using the *new* Setuptools

[qwcode]

https://bitbucket.org/pypa/setuptools

[jaraco]

I've encountered two issues already with the new setuptools which prevent or limit using virtualenv with it. I'll open separate tickets for each.

[Flimm]

To be clear, the new Setuptools is version 0.7.x. The Pypi page for Setuptools has now been updated to include Setuptools 0.7.2.

Currently, there's no way that I can see to use VirtualEnv, Setuptools 0.7.x and Python 3 together.

[jaraco]

@Flimm, can you try this:

1. Install the virtualenv with distribute <0.7dev,
2. Upgrade the virtualenv to Distribute 0.7 using easy_install (currently you must point to https://bitbucket.org/pypa/setuptools/downloads as it’s been pulled from PyPI temporarily).

You should then have setuptools 0.7 installed. Indeed, I had success with this technique (although it also revealed an issue that setuptools version number isn't being reported correctly).

[Flimm]

Thanks @jaraco, that workaround works for me.

I'm writing it down here for any lurkers:

$ python3 virtualenv-1.9.1/virtualenv.py --python python3.3 --distribute ENV
$ source ENV/bin/activate
$ easy_install -f https://bitbucket.org/pypa/setuptools/downloads -U distribute
$ python3 -c 'import setuptools; print(setuptools.__version__)'
0.7

[pfmoore]

Pull request #432 incorporates setuptools 0.7.2.