Question

I would like to use buildout rather than virtualenv. This decision means that I don’t want virtualenv to be snuck into my kit, so I am looking for either a way to tell gp.recipe.pip not to install the virtualenv meme virus, or, a way to install packages from git repos for use with django/djangorecipe.

Ideas?

Answer 1

Sure,
You want to use mr.developer in your buildout.

Specifically, (taken from the mr.developer page), something like:

[buildout]
extensions = mr.developer
auto-checkout = my.package

[sources]
my.package = svn http://example.com/svn/my.package/trunk update=true
some.other.package = git git://example.com/git/some.other.package.git

That will get you the packages that you were after from git, installed as developed eggs into your buildout.