python ports management

[Dmitriy Kirhlarov]

Hi, list
  
We are trying to update the TurboGear port to 1.0b1.
  
For experiments I use non-system-default environment (auto-created by
devel/porttools for me).
  
1. TurboGear 1.0b1 have different list of dependecies (it's not a big
problem)
  
2. ... and I have to update some other ports and make several new
(it's not a big problem, too)
  
The problem is:
  
3. Some dependencies -- RuleDispatch for example have patchset and
revision versions, OS release and architecture in their egg names. I
think it's a bad idea -- supporting port with so unstable plist-name.
  
4. ... I try to use
python setup.py install --single-version-externally-manage.
It works, but fetches and installs all dependencies for RuleDispatch.
This is bad because it bypasses the ports system.
  
5. ... I try to use
python setup.py easy_install --no-deps.
It works too, but installs egg with these crazy file names.
  
6. ... and I see no way for installing single version without
dependencies (can't bealive) using easy_install
  
7. After reading some examples from ports tree I find that people
patch setup.py to make it use distutils instead of easy_install. I
think it's not the best way.
  
Could somebody recommend me more proper way of using setuptools with
the ports system?

WBR
Dmitriy