diff --git a/pkgs/applications/version-management/mercurial/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/version-management/mercurial/default.nix
index 486bebc2531c..865033ae2d26 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/version-management/mercurial/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/version-management/mercurial/default.nix
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   buildInputs = [ python makeWrapper docutils unzip ];
 
-  PYTHONPATH = "${python}/lib/python2.6/site-packages:${python}/lib/python2.7/site-packages:${docutils}/lib/python2.5/site-packages:${docutils}/lib/python2.6/site-packages:${docutils}/lib/python2.7/site-packages";
-
   makeFlags = "PREFIX=$(out)";
 
   postInstall = (stdenv.lib.optionalString guiSupport
@@ -47,8 +45,6 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
       chmod u+x $out/share/cgi-bin/hgweb.cgi
     '';
 
-  doCheck = false;  # The test suite fails, unfortunately. Not sure why.
-
   meta = {
     description = "A fast, lightweight SCM system for very large distributed projects";
     homepage = "http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/2.6/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/2.6/default.nix
index f87e1e3810f0..6fa27c23525c 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/2.6/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/2.6/default.nix
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ let
     postInstall =
       ''
         rm -rf "$out/lib/python${majorVersion}/test"
+        ln -s $out/lib/python${majorVersion}/pdb.py $out/bin/pdb
+        ln -s $out/lib/python${majorVersion}/pdb.py $out/bin/pdb${majorVersion}
       '';
 
     passthru = {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/2.7/default.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/2.7/default.nix
index 098603105410..7e28cdc1db74 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/2.7/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/2.7/default.nix
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ let
     postInstall =
       ''
         rm -rf "$out/lib/python${majorVersion}/test"
+        ln -s $out/lib/python${majorVersion}/pdb.py $out/bin/pdb
+        ln -s $out/lib/python${majorVersion}/pdb.py $out/bin/pdb${majorVersion}
       '';
 
     passthru = {
diff --git a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/wrapper.nix b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/wrapper.nix
index e8e343976bc3..f4892f92b417 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/wrapper.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/interpreters/python/wrapper.nix
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
   unpackPhase = "true";
   installPhase = ''
     mkdir -p "$out/bin"
-    for prg in 2to3 idle pydoc python python-config python${python.majorVersion} python${python.majorVersion}-config smtpd.py; do
+    for prg in 2to3 idle pdb pdb${python.majorVersion} pydoc python python-config python${python.majorVersion} python${python.majorVersion}-config smtpd.py; do
       makeWrapper "$python/bin/$prg" "$out/bin/$prg" --suffix PYTHONPATH : "$PYTHONPATH"
     done
     ensureDir "$out/share"
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/generic/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/generic/default.nix
index 4e0b61002316..cdf759aa7f69 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/generic/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/generic/default.nix
@@ -3,12 +3,14 @@
    (http://pypi.python.org/pypi/setuptools/), which represents a large
    number of Python packages nowadays.  */
 
-{ python, setuptools, wrapPython, lib }:
+{ python, setuptools, wrapPython, lib, offlineDistutils, setuptoolsSite }:
 
 { name, namePrefix ? "python-"
 
 , buildInputs ? []
 
+, propagatedBuildInputs ? []
+
 , # List of packages that should be added to the PYTHONPATH
   # environment variable in programs built by this function.  Packages
   # in the standard `propagatedBuildInputs' variable are also added.
@@ -19,9 +21,11 @@
 
 , installCommand ?
     ''
-      easy_install --prefix="$out" .
+      easy_install --always-unzip --prefix="$out" .
     ''
     
+, preConfigure ? "true"
+
 , buildPhase ? "true"
 
 , doCheck ? true
@@ -43,12 +47,22 @@ python.stdenv.mkDerivation (attrs // {
 
   name = namePrefix + name;
 
+  phases = "unpackPhase patchPhase configurePhase buildPhase installPhase checkPhase fixupPhase distPhase";
+
   buildInputs = [ python wrapPython setuptools ] ++ buildInputs ++ pythonPath;
 
+  # setuptoolsSite is responsible for loading pth files
+  propagatedBuildInputs = propagatedBuildInputs ++ [ setuptoolsSite ];
+
+  buildInputStrings = map toString buildInputs;
+
   pythonPath = [ setuptools] ++ pythonPath;
 
-  # XXX: Should we run `easy_install --always-unzip'?  It doesn't seem
-  # to have a noticeable impact on small scripts.
+  preConfigure = ''
+    PYTHONPATH="${offlineDistutils}/lib/${python.libPrefix}/site-packages:$PYTHONPATH"
+    ${preConfigure}
+  '';
+
   installPhase = ''
     mkdir -p "$out/lib/${python.libPrefix}/site-packages"
 
@@ -56,13 +70,27 @@ python.stdenv.mkDerivation (attrs // {
     export PYTHONPATH="$out/lib/${python.libPrefix}/site-packages:$PYTHONPATH"
     ${installCommand}
 
+    # A pth file might have been generated to load the package from
+    # within its own site-packages, rename this package not to
+    # collide with others.
+    eapth="$out/lib/${python.libPrefix}"/site-packages/easy-install.pth
+    if [ -e "$eapth" ]; then
+        # move colliding easy_install.pth to specifically named one
+        mv "$eapth" $(dirname "$eapth")/${name}.pth
+    fi
+
+    # Remove any site.py files generated by easy_install as these
+    # cause collisions. If pth files are to be processed a
+    # corresponding site.py needs to be included in the PYTHONPATH.
+    rm -f "$out/lib/${python.libPrefix}"/site-packages/site.py*
+
     ${postInstall}
   '';
 
   postFixup =
     ''
       wrapPythonPrograms
-    
+
       # If a user installs a Python package, she probably also wants its
       # dependencies in the user environment (since Python modules don't
       # have something like an RPATH, so the only way to find the
@@ -70,5 +98,12 @@ python.stdenv.mkDerivation (attrs // {
       if test -e $out/nix-support/propagated-build-inputs; then
           ln -s $out/nix-support/propagated-build-inputs $out/nix-support/propagated-user-env-packages
       fi
+
+      createBuildInputsPth build-inputs "$buildInputStrings"
+      for inputsfile in propagated-build-inputs propagated-build-native-inputs; do
+        if test -e $out/nix-support/$inputsfile; then
+            createBuildInputsPth $inputsfile "$(cat $out/nix-support/$inputsfile)"
+        fi
+      done
     '';
 })
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/generic/wrap.sh b/pkgs/development/python-modules/generic/wrap.sh
index 65f3229ca7c4..71269945d6f4 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/generic/wrap.sh
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/generic/wrap.sh
@@ -45,3 +45,16 @@ _addToPythonPath() {
         done
     fi
 }
+
+createBuildInputsPth() {
+    local category="$1"
+    local inputs="$2"
+    if [ foo"$inputs" != foo ]; then
+        for x in $inputs; do
+            if test -d "$x"/lib/@libPrefix@/site-packages; then
+                echo $x/lib/@libPrefix@/site-packages \
+                    >> "$out"/lib/@libPrefix@/site-packages/${name}-nix-python-$category.pth
+            fi
+        done
+    fi
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/offline-distutils/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/offline-distutils/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2ed41b08bb71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/offline-distutils/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# Used during module installation to prevent easy_install and python
+# setup.py install/test from downloading
+
+{ stdenv, python }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "python-offline-distutils-${python.version}";
+
+  buildInputs = [ python ];
+
+  unpackPhase = "true";
+  installPhase = ''
+    dst="$out/lib/${python.libPrefix}"
+    ensureDir $dst/distutils
+    ln -s ${python}/lib/${python.libPrefix}/distutils/* $dst/distutils/
+    cat <<EOF > $dst/distutils/distutils.cfg
+[easy_install]
+allow-hosts = None
+EOF
+  '';
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pil/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pil/default.nix
index 4cf4576c0ce4..1dfdfee08fb6 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pil/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pil/default.nix
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-{ fetchurl, stdenv, python, libjpeg, zlib, freetype }:
+{ fetchurl, stdenv, python, buildPythonPackage, libjpeg, zlib, freetype }:
 
 let version = "1.1.7"; in
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation {
-  name = "python-imaging-${version}";
+buildPythonPackage {
+  name = "imaging-${version}";
   
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://effbot.org/downloads/Imaging-${version}.tar.gz";
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation {
 
   buildPhase   = "python setup.py build_ext -i";
   checkPhase   = "python selftest.py";
-  installPhase = "python setup.py install --prefix=$out";
+  #installPhase = "python setup.py install --prefix=$out";
 
   meta = {
     homepage = http://www.pythonware.com/products/pil/;
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pycrypto/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pycrypto/default.nix
index 9c756c9ed64c..0ad1663da65a 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/pycrypto/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/pycrypto/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-{ stdenv, fetchurl, python, gmp }:
+{ stdenv, fetchurl, python, buildPythonPackage, gmp }:
 
-stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+buildPythonPackage rec {
   name = "pycrypto-2.6";
+  namePrefix = "";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/pycrypto/${name}.tar.gz";
@@ -10,14 +11,16 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   buildInputs = [ python gmp ];
 
-  buildPhase = "true";
-
-  installPhase =
+  buildPhase =
     ''
       python ./setup.py build_ext --library-dirs=${gmp}/lib
-      python ./setup.py install --prefix=$out
     '';
 
+#  installPhase =
+#    ''
+#      python ./setup.py install --prefix=$out
+#    '';
+
   meta = {
     homepage = "http://www.pycrypto.org/";
     description = "Python Cryptography Toolkit";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/recursive-pth-loader/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/recursive-pth-loader/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3452c62e2168
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/recursive-pth-loader/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{ stdenv, python }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
+  name = "resursive-pth-loader-1.0";
+
+  unpackPhase = "true";
+
+  buildInputs = [ python ];
+
+  installPhase =
+    ''
+      dst=$out/lib/${python.libPrefix}/site-packages
+      mkdir -p $dst
+      cat ${./sitecustomize.py} >> $dst/sitecustomize.py
+    '';
+
+  meta = {
+      description = "Enable recursive processing of pth files anywhere in sys.path";
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/recursive-pth-loader/sitecustomize.py b/pkgs/development/python-modules/recursive-pth-loader/sitecustomize.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..057e779803cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/recursive-pth-loader/sitecustomize.py
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+"""Recursively load pth files in site-packages of sys.path
+
+- iterate over sys.path
+- check for pth in dirs that end in site-packages
+- ignore import statements in pth files
+- add dirs listed in pth files right after current sys.path element,
+  they will be processed in next iteration
+"""
+
+import os
+import site
+import sys
+
+
+for path_idx, sitedir in enumerate(sys.path):
+    # ignore non-site-packages
+    if not sitedir.endswith('site-packages'):
+        continue
+
+    # find pth files
+    try:
+        names = os.listdir(sitedir)
+    except os.error:
+        continue
+    dotpth = os.extsep + "pth"
+    pths = [name for name in names if name.endswith(dotpth)]
+
+    for pth in pths:
+        fullname = os.path.join(sitedir, pth)
+        try:
+            f = open(fullname, "rU")
+        except IOError:
+            continue
+
+        with f:
+            for n, line in enumerate(f):
+                if line.startswith("#"):
+                    continue
+
+                if line.startswith(("import ", "import\t")):
+                    continue
+
+                line = line.rstrip()
+                dir, dircase = site.makepath(sitedir, line)
+                if not dircase in sys.path:
+                    sys.path.insert(path_idx+1, dir)
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/setuptools/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/setuptools/default.nix
index 50b73aaf8f60..879f6aed8dee 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/setuptools/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/setuptools/default.nix
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 { stdenv, fetchurl, python, wrapPython }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
-  name = "setuptools-0.6c11";
+  name = "setuptools-" + version;
+
+  version = "0.6c11";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/s/setuptools/${name}.tar.gz";
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/setuptools/site.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/setuptools/site.nix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..34e7b478595e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/setuptools/site.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# Propagated by buildPythonPackge to process pth files
+
+{ stdenv, python, setuptools }:
+
+stdenv.mkDerivation {
+  name = "python-setuptools-site-${setuptools.version}";
+
+  buildInputs = [ python setuptools ];
+
+  unpackPhase = "true";
+  installPhase = ''
+    dst="$out/lib/${python.libPrefix}/site-packages"
+    ensureDir $dst
+    ln -s ${setuptools}/lib/${python.libPrefix}/site-packages/site.* $dst/
+  '';
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 5dba3d201941..00babc7df18e 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -5233,13 +5233,13 @@ let
 
   numeric = callPackage ../development/python-modules/numeric { };
 
-  pil = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pil { };
+  pil = python27Packages.pil;
 
   psyco = callPackage ../development/python-modules/psyco { };
 
   pycairo = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pycairo { };
 
-  pycrypto = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pycrypto { };
+  pycrypto = python27Packages.pycrypto;
 
   pycups = callPackage ../development/python-modules/pycups { };
 
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 5487deea5e3b..3b34238663eb 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -9,7 +9,13 @@ let pythonPackages = python.modules // rec {
 
   buildPythonPackage = import ../development/python-modules/generic {
     inherit (pkgs) lib;
-    inherit python wrapPython setuptools;
+    inherit python wrapPython setuptools setuptoolsSite offlineDistutils;
+  };
+
+
+  recursivePthLoader = import ../development/python-modules/recursive-pth-loader {
+    inherit (pkgs) stdenv;
+    inherit python;
   };
 
 
@@ -18,12 +24,30 @@ let pythonPackages = python.modules // rec {
     inherit python wrapPython;
   };
 
+  setuptoolsSite = import ../development/python-modules/setuptools/site.nix {
+    inherit (pkgs) stdenv;
+    inherit python setuptools;
+  };
+
+  offlineDistutils = import ../development/python-modules/offline-distutils {
+    inherit (pkgs) stdenv;
+    inherit python;
+  };
 
   ipython = import ../shells/ipython {
     inherit (pkgs) stdenv fetchurl;
     inherit buildPythonPackage pythonPackages;
   };
 
+  pil = import ../development/python-modules/pil {
+    inherit (pkgs) fetchurl stdenv libjpeg zlib freetype;
+    inherit python buildPythonPackage;
+  };
+
+  pycrypto = import ../development/python-modules/pycrypto {
+    inherit (pkgs) fetchurl stdenv gmp;
+    inherit python buildPythonPackage;
+  };
 
   wrapPython = pkgs.makeSetupHook
     { deps = pkgs.makeWrapper;
@@ -44,6 +68,7 @@ let pythonPackages = python.modules // rec {
 
     propagatedBuildInputs = [ notmuch pkgs.dbacl ];
 
+    # error: invalid command 'test'
     doCheck = false;
 
     postInstall = ''
@@ -70,6 +95,7 @@ let pythonPackages = python.modules // rec {
       sha256 = "b5239c4dfcd9882608fb48ef80fe9ba9223949ab7e6a2c1abe970ac307ebcd4a";
     };
 
+    # error: invalid command 'test'
     doCheck = false;
 
     propagatedBuildInputs = [ notmuch urwid twisted magic configobj pygpgme ];
@@ -113,6 +139,7 @@ let pythonPackages = python.modules // rec {
       sha1 = "f124e5e4a6644bf6d1734032a01ac44db1b25a29";
     };
 
+    # error: invalid command 'test'
     doCheck = false;
 
     meta = {
@@ -132,6 +159,7 @@ let pythonPackages = python.modules // rec {
 
     buildInputs = [ pkgs.unzip pkgs.sqlite ];
 
+    # python: double free or corruption (fasttop): 0x0000000002fd4660 ***
     doCheck = false;
 
     meta = {
@@ -149,9 +177,14 @@ let pythonPackages = python.modules // rec {
       rev = "b2c9cdcabd";
       sha256 = "b0c12b8c48ed9180c7475fab18de50d63e1b517cfb46da4d2c66fc406fe902bc";
     };
+
     installCommand = "python setup.py install --prefix=$out";
+
+    # error: invalid command 'test'
     doCheck = false;
+
     propagatedBuildInputs = [ boto ];
+
   });
 
 
@@ -165,7 +198,7 @@ let pythonPackages = python.modules // rec {
 
     buildInputs = [ pkgs.unzip ];
 
-    # How do we run the tests?
+    # error: invalid command 'test'
     doCheck = false;
 
     meta = {
@@ -206,7 +239,7 @@ let pythonPackages = python.modules // rec {
       sha256 = "1gasiy5lwbhsxw27g36d88n36xbj52434klisvqhljgckd4xqcy7";
     };
 
-    # No tests implemented
+    # error: invalid command 'test'
     doCheck = false;
 
     meta = {
@@ -272,23 +305,23 @@ let pythonPackages = python.modules // rec {
   };
 
 
-  bugz = buildPythonPackage (rec {
-    name = "bugz-0.9.3";
-
-    src = fetchgit {
-      url = "git://github.com/williamh/pybugz.git";
-      rev = "refs/tags/0.9.3";
-    };
-
-    propagatedBuildInputs = [ argparse python.modules.ssl ];
-
-    doCheck = false;
-
-    meta = {
-      homepage = http://www.liquidx.net/pybugz/;
-      description = "Command line interface for Bugzilla";
-    };
-  });
+  # bugz = buildPythonPackage (rec {
+  #   name = "bugz-0.9.3";
+  #
+  #   src = fetchgit {
+  #     url = "https://github.com/williamh/pybugz.git";
+  #     rev = "refs/tags/0.9.3";
+  #   };
+  #
+  #   propagatedBuildInputs = [ argparse python.modules.ssl ];
+  #
+  #   doCheck = false;
+  #
+  #   meta = {
+  #     homepage = http://www.liquidx.net/pybugz/;
+  #     description = "Command line interface for Bugzilla";
+  #   };
+  # });
 
 
   carrot = buildPythonPackage rec {
@@ -338,6 +371,7 @@ let pythonPackages = python.modules // rec {
       sha256 = "1xlvanhnxgvwd7vvypbafyl6yqfkpnwa9rs9k3058z84gd86bz8d";
     };
 
+    # error: invalid command 'test'
     doCheck = false;
 
     meta = {
@@ -373,6 +407,8 @@ let pythonPackages = python.modules // rec {
 
     propagatedBuildInputs = [ stompclient distribute ];
 
+    #buildInputs = [ coverage ];
+    # needs coverage
     doCheck = false;
 
     meta = {
@@ -391,6 +427,7 @@ let pythonPackages = python.modules // rec {
       md5 = "201dbaa732a9049c839f9bb6c27fc7b5";
     };
 
+    # error: invalid command 'test'
     doCheck = false;
 
     meta = {
@@ -427,9 +464,9 @@ let pythonPackages = python.modules // rec {
       sha256 = "139yfm9yz9k33kgqw4khsljs10rkhhxyywbq9i82bh2r31cil1pp";
     };
 
-    buildInputs = [ pkgs.unzip ];
+    buildInputs = [ pkgs.unzip mock ];
 
-    # The tests fail - I don't know why
+    # couple of failing tests
     doCheck = false;
 
     meta = {
@@ -456,7 +493,7 @@ let pythonPackages = python.modules // rec {
     # http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.file-systems.tahoe.devel/3200 for a
     # discussion.
 
-    # Gives "ValueError: Empty module name" with no clue as to why.
+    # AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'test_darcsver'
     doCheck = false;
 
     meta = {
@@ -514,6 +551,8 @@ let pythonPackages = python.modules // rec {
         # ehm, YES, the --verbose flags needs to be there, otherwise it tries to patch setuptools!
         easy_install --verbose --prefix=$out .
       '';
+
+    # test for 27 fails
     doCheck = false;
 
     meta = {
@@ -549,6 +588,7 @@ let pythonPackages = python.modules // rec {
       sha256 = "16s0anvpaccbqmdrhl71z73k0dy2sl166nnc2fbd5lshlgmj13ad";
     };
 
+    # error: invalid command 'test'
     doCheck = false;
 
     meta = {
@@ -566,6 +606,7 @@ let pythonPackages = python.modules // rec {
       sha256 = "0snlrcvk92qj1v0n9dpycn6sw56w4zns4mpc30837q6yi7ylrx4f";
     };
 
+    # error: invalid command 'test'
     doCheck = false;
 
     meta = {
@@ -600,7 +641,7 @@ let pythonPackages = python.modules // rec {
       sha256 = "1d8vg5a9q2ldnbxqap1893lqb66jwcsli2brbjx7mcnqrzcz449x";
     };
 
-    propagatedBuildInputs = [ pkgs.pil django_1_3 ];
+    propagatedBuildInputs = [ pil django_1_3 ];
 
     meta = {
       description = "A collection of useful extensions for Django";
@@ -621,7 +662,10 @@ let pythonPackages = python.modules // rec {
     installCommand = ''
       python setup.py install --prefix="$out" --root=/ --record="$out/lib/${python.libPrefix}/site-packages/dulwich/list.txt" --single-version-externally-managed
     '';
-    doCheck = false;
+
+    # For some reason "python setup.py test" doesn't work with Python 2.6.
+    # pretty sure that is about import behaviour.
+    doCheck = python.majorVersion != "2.6";
 
     meta = {
       description = "Simple Python implementation of the Git file formats and protocols.";
@@ -655,6 +699,7 @@ let pythonPackages = python.modules // rec {
       sha256 = "0wfz4nxl95jcr2f2mc5gijgighavcghg33plzbz5jyi531jpffss";
     };
 
+    # error: invalid command 'test'
     doCheck = false;
 
     meta = {
@@ -729,6 +774,9 @@ let pythonPackages = python.modules // rec {
       md5 = "abfdbb25d37c28e9da05f1b5c3596d1a";
     };
 
+    buildInputs = [ nose ];
+
+    # 3 failing tests
     doCheck = false;
 
     meta = {
@@ -784,9 +832,6 @@ let pythonPackages = python.modules // rec {
 
     propagatedBuildInputs = [ twisted pkgs.pyopenssl ];
 
-    # For some reason "python setup.py test" doesn't work with Python 2.6.
-    doCheck = false;
-
     meta = {
       homepage = http://foolscap.lothar.com/;
 
@@ -833,7 +878,8 @@ let pythonPackages = python.modules // rec {
       sha256 = "0jrajyppdzb3swcxv3w1mpp88vcy7400gy1v2h2gm3pq0dmggaij";
     };
 
-    # two tests fail on x86_64 at least. I don't know why.
+    # FAIL: test_sanitize_remove_script_elem (genshi.filters.tests.html.HTMLSanitizerTestCase)
+    # FAIL: test_sanitize_remove_src_javascript (genshi.filters.tests.html.HTMLSanitizerTestCase)
     doCheck = false;
 
     buildInputs = [ pkgs.setuptools ];
@@ -859,7 +905,8 @@ let pythonPackages = python.modules // rec {
       sha256 = "0bhiyx41kilvy04cgjbvjy2r4b6l7zz31fbrg3l6lvnqm26nihb0";
     };
 
-    buildInputs = [ pkgs.setuptools ];
+    buildInputs = [ pkgs.setuptools ] ++
+                  (if python.majorVersion == "2.6" then [ argparse ] else []);
 
     meta = {
       description = "automatically generated zsh completion function for Python's option parser modules";
@@ -895,6 +942,9 @@ let pythonPackages = python.modules // rec {
 
     buildInputs = [ nose mox ];
 
+    # tests fail for python2.6
+    doCheck = python.majorVersion != "2.6";
+
     propagatedBuildInputs = [ gflags sqlalchemy webob routes eventlet ];
 
     PYTHON_EGG_CACHE = "`pwd`/.egg-cache";
@@ -931,6 +981,7 @@ let pythonPackages = python.modules // rec {
       sha256 = "1wmd1svx5344alb8ff9vzdam1ccqdl0h7shp1xnsk843hqwc0fz0";
     };
 
+    # error: invalid command 'test'
     doCheck = false;
 
     postUnpack = "find . -print0 | xargs -0 touch";
@@ -950,8 +1001,6 @@ let pythonPackages = python.modules // rec {
       sha256 = "2e2ce18092c32d1ec54f8a447e14e33585e30f240b883bfeeca65f12b3bcfaf6";
     };
 
-    doCheck = false; # doesn't have a test
-
     meta = {
       homepage = "http://code.google.com/p/httplib2";
       description = "A comprehensive HTTP client library";
@@ -987,6 +1036,7 @@ let pythonPackages = python.modules // rec {
       md5 = "f4f7ddc7c5e55a47222a5cc6c0a87b6d";
     };
 
+    # error: invalid command 'test'
     doCheck = false;
 
     meta = {
@@ -1026,6 +1076,7 @@ let pythonPackages = python.modules // rec {
       md5 = "506cf1b13020b3ed2f3c845ea0c9830e";
     };
 
+    # error: invalid command 'test'
     doCheck = false;
 
     meta = {
@@ -1044,10 +1095,13 @@ let pythonPackages = python.modules // rec {
       sha256 = "11qilrs4sd4c1mkd64ikrjsc2vwrshhc54n5mh4xrark9c7ayp0y";
     };
 
-    buildInputs = [ zopeInterface ];
+    buildInputs = [ zopeInterface mock ];
 
     preConfigure = "cp test/secrets.py-dist test/secrets.py";
 
+    # failing tests for 26 and 27
+    doCheck = false;
+
     meta = {
       description = "A unified interface to many cloud providers";
       homepage = http://incubator.apache.org/libcloud/;
@@ -1063,7 +1117,8 @@ let pythonPackages = python.modules // rec {
       sha1 = "1eebaee375641c9f29aeb21768f917dd2b985752";
     };
 
-    doCheck = false; # no tests
+    # error: invalid command 'test'
+    doCheck = false;
 
     meta = {
       homepage = http://code.google.com/p/pylockfile/;
@@ -1154,6 +1209,7 @@ let pythonPackages = python.modules // rec {
       md5 = "751e8055be2433dfd1a82e0fb1b12f13";
     };
 
+    # error: invalid command 'test'
     doCheck = false;
 
     meta = {
@@ -1169,6 +1225,7 @@ let pythonPackages = python.modules // rec {
       sha256 = "be37e1d86c65ecacae6683f8805e051e9904e5f2e02bf2b7a34262c46a6d06a7";
     };
 
+    # error: invalid command 'test'
     doCheck = false;
 
     propagatedBuildInputs = [ dateutil numpy pkgs.freetype pkgs.libpng pkgs.pkgconfig pkgs.tcl pkgs.tk pkgs.xlibs.libX11 ];
@@ -1245,6 +1302,7 @@ let pythonPackages = python.modules // rec {
       sha1 = "b71aeaacf31898c3b38d8b9ca5bcc0664499c0de";
     };
 
+    # error: invalid command 'test'
     doCheck = false;
 
     meta = {
@@ -1273,6 +1331,7 @@ let pythonPackages = python.modules // rec {
   MySQL_python = buildPythonPackage {
     name = "MySQL-python-1.2.3";
 
+    # plenty of failing tests
     doCheck = false;
 
     src = fetchurl {
@@ -1280,7 +1339,9 @@ let pythonPackages = python.modules // rec {
       sha256 = "0vkyg9dmj29hzk7fy77f42p7bfj28skyzsjsjry4wqr3z6xnzrkx";
     };
 
-    propagatedBuildInputs = [ pkgs.mysql pkgs.zlib nose ];
+    buildInputs = [ nose ];
+
+    propagatedBuildInputs = [ pkgs.mysql pkgs.zlib ];
 
     meta = {
       description = "MySQL database binding for Python";
@@ -1300,6 +1361,7 @@ let pythonPackages = python.modules // rec {
 
     # No support of GUI yet.
 
+    # error: invalid command 'test'
     doCheck = false;
 
     meta = {
@@ -1332,7 +1394,8 @@ let pythonPackages = python.modules // rec {
       sha256 = "0ssxic389rdc79zkz8dxcjpqdi5qs80h12khkag410cl9cwk11f2";
     };
 
-    doCheck = false; # there is no test command
+    # error: invalid command 'test'
+    doCheck = false;
 
     meta = {
       homepage = https://github.com/drkjam/netaddr/;
@@ -1346,41 +1409,41 @@ let pythonPackages = python.modules // rec {
     version = "0.10.0";
 
     src = fetchurl {
-      url = "http://divmod.org/trac/attachment/wiki/SoftwareReleases/Nevow-${version}.tar.gz?format=raw";
+      url = "http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/N/Nevow/Nevow-${version}.tar.gz";
       sha256 = "90631f68f626c8934984908d3df15e7c198939d36be7ead1305479dfc67ff6d0";
       name = "${name}.tar.gz";
     };
 
-    propagatedBuildInputs = [ twisted ];
+   propagatedBuildInputs = [ twisted ];
 
-    postInstall = "twistd --help > /dev/null";
+   postInstall = "twistd --help > /dev/null";
 
-    meta = {
-      description = "Nevow, a web application construction kit for Python";
+   meta = {
+     description = "Nevow, a web application construction kit for Python";
 
-      longDescription = ''
-        Nevow - Pronounced as the French "nouveau", or "noo-voh", Nevow
-        is a web application construction kit written in Python.  It is
-        designed to allow the programmer to express as much of the view
-        logic as desired in Python, and includes a pure Python XML
-        expression syntax named stan to facilitate this.  However it
-        also provides rich support for designer-edited templates, using
-        a very small XML attribute language to provide bi-directional
-        template manipulation capability.
+     longDescription = ''
+       Nevow - Pronounced as the French "nouveau", or "noo-voh", Nevow
+       is a web application construction kit written in Python.  It is
+       designed to allow the programmer to express as much of the view
+       logic as desired in Python, and includes a pure Python XML
+       expression syntax named stan to facilitate this.  However it
+       also provides rich support for designer-edited templates, using
+       a very small XML attribute language to provide bi-directional
+       template manipulation capability.
 
-        Nevow also includes formless, a declarative syntax for
-        specifying the types of method parameters and exposing these
-        methods to the web.  Forms can be rendered automatically, and
-        form posts will be validated and input coerced, rendering error
-        pages if appropriate.  Once a form post has validated
-        successfully, the method will be called with the coerced values.
-      '';
+       Nevow also includes formless, a declarative syntax for
+       specifying the types of method parameters and exposing these
+       methods to the web.  Forms can be rendered automatically, and
+       form posts will be validated and input coerced, rendering error
+       pages if appropriate.  Once a form post has validated
+       successfully, the method will be called with the coerced values.
+     '';
 
-      homepage = http://divmod.org/trac/wiki/DivmodNevow;
+     homepage = http://divmod.org/trac/wiki/DivmodNevow;
 
-      license = "BSD-style";
-    };
-  });
+     license = "BSD-style";
+   };
+ });
 
   nose = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "nose-1.2.1";
@@ -1451,6 +1514,8 @@ let pythonPackages = python.modules // rec {
       python setup.py build --fcompiler="gnu95"
       python setup.py install --prefix=$out
     '';
+
+    # error: invalid command 'test'
     doCheck = false;
 
     buildInputs = [ pkgs.gfortran ];
@@ -1463,7 +1528,7 @@ let pythonPackages = python.modules // rec {
   });
 
   oauth2 = buildPythonPackage (rec {
-    name = "auth2-1.5.211";
+    name = "oauth2-1.5.211";
 
     src = fetchurl {
       url = "http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/o/oauth2/oauth2-1.5.211.tar.gz";
@@ -1471,6 +1536,9 @@ let pythonPackages = python.modules // rec {
     };
 
     propagatedBuildInputs = [ httplib2 ];
+
+    #buildInputs = [ mock coverage ];
+    # needs coverage
     doCheck = false;
 
     meta = {
@@ -1482,27 +1550,27 @@ let pythonPackages = python.modules // rec {
     };
   });
 
-  optfunc = buildPythonPackage ( rec {
-    name = "optfunc-git";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchgit {
-      url = "http://github.com/simonw/optfunc.git";
-      rev = "e3fa034a545ed94ac5a039cf5b170c7d0ee21b7b";
-    };
-
-    installCommand = ''
-      dest=$(toPythonPath $out)/optfunc
-      mkdir -p $dest
-      cp * $dest/
-    '';
-
-    doCheck = false;
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "A new experimental interface to optparse which works by introspecting a function definition";
-      homepage = "http://simonwillison.net/2009/May/28/optfunc/";
-    };
-  });
+  # optfunc = buildPythonPackage ( rec {
+  #   name = "optfunc-git";
+  #
+  #   src = pkgs.fetchgit {
+  #     url = "https://github.com/simonw/optfunc.git";
+  #     rev = "e3fa034a545ed94ac5a039cf5b170c7d0ee21b7b";
+  #   };
+  #
+  #   installCommand = ''
+  #     dest=$(toPythonPath $out)/optfunc
+  #     mkdir -p $dest
+  #     cp * $dest/
+  #   '';
+  #
+  #   doCheck = false;
+  #
+  #   meta = {
+  #     description = "A new experimental interface to optparse which works by introspecting a function definition";
+  #     homepage = "http://simonwillison.net/2009/May/28/optfunc/";
+  #   };
+  # });
 
   ply = buildPythonPackage (rec {
     name = "ply-3.2";
@@ -1547,7 +1615,7 @@ let pythonPackages = python.modules // rec {
       sha256 = "1bjy4jn51c50mpq51jbwk0glzd8bxz83gxdfkr9p95dmrd17c7hh";
     };
 
-    buildInputs = [ pkgs.pycrypto ];
+    buildInputs = [ pycrypto ];
 
     meta = {
       homepage = "http://www.lag.net/paramiko/";
@@ -1635,6 +1703,7 @@ let pythonPackages = python.modules // rec {
       sha256 = "0x8bfjjqygriry1iyygm5048ykl5qpbpzqfp6i8dhkslm3ryf5fk";
     };
 
+    # error: invalid command 'test'
     doCheck = false;
 
     meta = {
@@ -1673,6 +1742,7 @@ let pythonPackages = python.modules // rec {
       sha256 = "1sr2bb3g7rl7gr6156j5qv71kg06q1x01r1lbps9ksnyz37djn2q";
     };
 
+    # error: invalid command 'test'
     doCheck = false;
 
     meta = {
@@ -1714,6 +1784,7 @@ let pythonPackages = python.modules // rec {
   psycopg2 = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "psycopg2-2.0.13";
 
+    # error: invalid command 'test'
     doCheck = false;
 
     src = fetchurl {
@@ -1782,8 +1853,6 @@ let pythonPackages = python.modules // rec {
       python setup.py install --prefix=$out
     '';
 
-    doCheck = false;
-
     meta = {
       description = "Python bindings for PortAudio";
       homepage = "http://people.csail.mit.edu/hubert/pyaudio/";
@@ -1800,7 +1869,7 @@ let pythonPackages = python.modules // rec {
       sha256 = "4a3a085ecf1fcd2736573538ffa114f1f4331b3bbbdd69381e6e172c49c9750f";
     };
 
-    doCheck = false;
+    buildInputs = [ pytz ];
 
     meta = {
       homepage = http://babel.edgewall.org;
@@ -1849,14 +1918,13 @@ let pythonPackages = python.modules // rec {
 
     buildInputs = [ pkgs.curl ];
 
+    # error: invalid command 'test'
     doCheck = false;
 
     preConfigure = ''
       substituteInPlace setup.py --replace '--static-libs' '--libs'
     '';
 
-    installCommand = "python setup.py install --prefix=$out";
-
     meta = {
       homepage = http://pycurl.sourceforge.net/;
       description = "Python wrapper for libcurl";
@@ -1887,7 +1955,7 @@ let pythonPackages = python.modules // rec {
     };
     propagatedBuildInputs = [xe];
 
-    # tests not described in setup.py
+    # error: invalid command 'test'
     doCheck = false;
 
     meta = {
@@ -1920,6 +1988,7 @@ let pythonPackages = python.modules // rec {
       sha256 = "5fd887c407015296a8fd3f4b867fe0fcca3179de97ccde90449853a3dfb802e1";
     };
 
+    # error: invalid command 'test'
     doCheck = false;
 
     propagatedBuildInputs = [ pkgs.gpgme ];
@@ -1965,7 +2034,10 @@ let pythonPackages = python.modules // rec {
       url = "http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/pyparsing/${name}.tar.gz";
       md5 = "1e41cb219dae9fc353bd4cd47636b283";
     };
+
+    # error: invalid command 'test'
     doCheck = false;
+
     meta = {
       homepage = http://pyparsing.wikispaces.com/;
       description = "The pyparsing module is an alternative approach to creating and executing simple grammars, vs. the traditional lex/yacc approach, or the use of regular expressions.";
@@ -1995,6 +2067,8 @@ let pythonPackages = python.modules // rec {
       sha256 = "1idks7j9bn62xzsaxkvhl7bdq6ws8kv8aa0wahfh7724qlbbcf1k";
     };
 
+    # ERROR: testExtended (tests.test_acls.AclExtensions)
+    # IOError: [Errno 0] Error
     doCheck = false;
 
     buildInputs = [ pkgs.acl ];
@@ -2090,6 +2164,7 @@ let pythonPackages = python.modules // rec {
       md5 = "3076164a7079891d149a23f9435581db";
     };
 
+    # error: invalid command 'test'
     doCheck = false;
 
     meta = {
@@ -2119,7 +2194,7 @@ let pythonPackages = python.modules // rec {
               --replace "/usr/local/lib" "${pkgs.sqlite}/lib"
     '';
 
-    # FIXME: How do we run the tests?
+    # error: invalid command 'test'
     doCheck = false;
 
     meta = {
@@ -2181,9 +2256,6 @@ let pythonPackages = python.modules // rec {
       sed -i -e 's|libpython2.7.dylib|lib/libpython2.7.dylib|' Makefile
     '');
 
-    # The regression test suite expects locale support, which our glibc
-    # doesn't have by default.
-    doCheck = false;
     checkPhase = "make -C ../Tests";
 
     installPhase = ''
@@ -2260,6 +2332,7 @@ let pythonPackages = python.modules // rec {
       sha256 = "0jmkffik6hdzs7ng8c65bggss2ai40nm59jykswdf5lpd36cxddq";
     };
 
+    # error: invalid command 'test'
     doCheck = false;
 
     buildInputs = [ pkgs.attr ];
@@ -2329,6 +2402,8 @@ let pythonPackages = python.modules // rec {
     };
 
     buildInputs = [freetype];
+
+    # error: invalid command 'test'
     doCheck = false;
 
     meta = {
@@ -2348,8 +2423,8 @@ let pythonPackages = python.modules // rec {
 
     propagatedBuildInputs =
       [ recaptcha_client pytz memcached dateutil paramiko flup pygments
-        djblets django_1_3 django_evolution pkgs.pycrypto python.modules.sqlite3
-        pysvn pkgs.pil psycopg2
+        djblets django_1_3 django_evolution pycrypto python.modules.sqlite3
+        pysvn pil psycopg2
       ];
   };
 
@@ -2362,6 +2437,7 @@ let pythonPackages = python.modules // rec {
       sha256 = "1c7ipk5vwqnln83rmai5jzyxkjdajdzbk5cgy1z83nyr5hbkgkqr";
     };
 
+    # error: invalid command 'test'
     doCheck = false;
 
     meta = {
@@ -2444,6 +2520,8 @@ let pythonPackages = python.modules // rec {
 
     buildInputs = [pkgs.gfortran];
     propagatedBuildInputs = [ numpy ];
+
+    # error: invalid command 'test'
     doCheck = false;
 
     # TODO: add ATLAS=${pkgs.atlas}
@@ -2582,6 +2660,7 @@ let pythonPackages = python.modules // rec {
       md5 = "9e8099b57cd27493a6988e9c9b313e23";
     };
 
+    # error: invalid command 'test'
     doCheck = false;
 
     meta = {
@@ -2605,6 +2684,7 @@ let pythonPackages = python.modules // rec {
       sourceRoot=`pwd`/`ls -d S*`
     '';
 
+    # error: invalid command 'test'
     doCheck = false;
 
     propagatedBuildInputs = [ pkgs.xlibs.libX11 pkgs.pythonDBus pkgs.pygobject ];
@@ -2694,7 +2774,9 @@ let pythonPackages = python.modules // rec {
       md5 = "af0a314b6106dd80da24a918c24a1eab";
     };
 
-    doCheck = false;
+    buildInputs = [ mock nose ];
+
+    # XXX: Ran 0 tests in 0.217s
 
     meta = {
       description = "Lightweight and extensible STOMP messaging client";
@@ -2705,19 +2787,20 @@ let pythonPackages = python.modules // rec {
   });
 
 
-  svneverever =  buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "svneverever-778489a8";
-
-    src = pkgs.fetchgit {
-      url = git://git.goodpoint.de/svneverever.git;
-      rev = "778489a8c6f07825fb18c9da3892a781c3d659ac";
-      sha256 = "41c9da1dab2be7b60bff87e618befdf5da37c0a56287385cb0cbd3f91e452bb6";
-    };
-
-    propagatedBuildInputs = [ pysvn argparse ];
-
-    doCheck = false;
-  };
+  # XXX: ValueError: ZIP does not support timestamps before 1980
+  # svneverever =  buildPythonPackage rec {
+  #   name = "svneverever-778489a8";
+  #
+  #   src = pkgs.fetchgit {
+  #     url = git://git.goodpoint.de/svneverever.git;
+  #     rev = "778489a8c6f07825fb18c9da3892a781c3d659ac";
+  #     sha256 = "41c9da1dab2be7b60bff87e618befdf5da37c0a56287385cb0cbd3f91e452bb6";
+  #   };
+  #
+  #   propagatedBuildInputs = [ pysvn argparse ];
+  #
+  #   doCheck = false;
+  # };
 
   taskcoach = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "TaskCoach-1.3.8";
@@ -2737,6 +2820,7 @@ let pythonPackages = python.modules // rec {
         --prefix LD_LIBRARY_PATH : $libspaths
     '';
 
+    # error: invalid command 'test'
     doCheck = false;
 
     meta = {
@@ -2772,6 +2856,7 @@ let pythonPackages = python.modules // rec {
       sha256 = "1ihf5031pc1wpwbxpfzzz2bcpwww795n5y22baglyim1lalivd65";
     };
 
+    # couple of failing tests
     doCheck = false;
 
     PYTHON_EGG_CACHE = "`pwd`/.egg-cache";
@@ -2793,7 +2878,12 @@ let pythonPackages = python.modules // rec {
       sha256 = "c0f32fa31e2c5fa42f5cc19f3dba4e73f0438bf36bf756ba137f2423c0ac4637";
     };
 
-    propagatedBuildInputs = [ oauth2 urwid tweepy ];
+    propagatedBuildInputs = [ oauth2 urwid tweepy ] ++
+                            (if python.majorVersion == "2.6" then [ argparse ]
+                                                             else []);
+
+    #buildInputs = [ tox ];
+    # needs tox
     doCheck = false;
 
     meta = {
@@ -2813,8 +2903,6 @@ let pythonPackages = python.modules // rec {
       sha256 = "66d728527ab3d5f5e4d6725654783f99169172678105f609d14353f6626c1315";
     };
 
-    doCheck = false;
-
     meta = {
       homepage = "https://github.com/tweepy/tweepy";
       description = "Twitter library for python";
@@ -2881,6 +2969,7 @@ let pythonPackages = python.modules // rec {
       sha256 = "4437076c8708e5754ea04540e46c7f4f233734ee3590bb8a96389264fb0650d0";
     };
 
+    # error: invalid command 'test'
     doCheck = false;
 
     propagatedBuildInputs = [ pycurl ];
@@ -2897,6 +2986,7 @@ let pythonPackages = python.modules // rec {
   urwid = buildPythonPackage (rec {
     name = "urwid-1.1.1";
 
+    # multiple:  NameError: name 'evl' is not defined
     doCheck = false;
 
     src = fetchurl {
@@ -2924,7 +3014,9 @@ let pythonPackages = python.modules // rec {
 
     propagatedBuildInputs = [ python.modules.readline python.modules.sqlite3 ];
 
-    doCheck = false;
+    buildInputs = [ mock nose ];
+
+    # XXX: Ran 0 tests in 0.003s
 
     meta = with stdenv.lib; {
       description = "a tool to create isolated Python environments";
@@ -2943,6 +3035,7 @@ let pythonPackages = python.modules // rec {
       md5 = "8492e46496e187b49fe5569b5639804e";
     };
 
+    # error: invalid command 'test'
     doCheck = false;
 
     meta = {
@@ -3042,7 +3135,7 @@ let pythonPackages = python.modules // rec {
       sha256 = "0v9878cl0y9cczdsr6xjy8v9l139lc23h4m5f86p4kpf2wlnpi42";
     };
 
-    # tests not described in setup.py
+    # error: invalid command 'test'
     doCheck = false;
 
     meta = {
@@ -3131,8 +3224,6 @@ let pythonPackages = python.modules // rec {
       sha256 = "294c3c0529e84169177bce78d616c768fa1c028a2fbc1854f615d32ed88dbc6c";
     };
 
-    doCheck = false;
-
     meta = {
       description = "Zope.Interface";
       homepage = http://zope.org/Products/ZopeInterface;
@@ -3140,22 +3231,23 @@ let pythonPackages = python.modules // rec {
     };
   };
 
-  hgsvn = buildPythonPackage rec {
-    name = "hgsvn-0.1.8";
-    src = fetchurl rec {
-      name = "hgsvn-0.1.8.tar.gz";
-      url = "http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/h/hgsvn/${name}.tar.gz#md5=56209eae48b955754e09185712123428";
-      sha256 = "18a7bj1i0m4shkxmdvw1ci5i0isq5vqf0bpwgrhnk305rijvbpch";
-    };
-
-    buildInputs = [ pkgs.setuptools ];
-    doCheck = false;
-
-    meta = {
-      description = "HgSVN";
-      homepage = http://pypi.python.org/pypi/hgsvn;
-    };
-  };
+  # XXX: link broken
+  # hgsvn = buildPythonPackage rec {
+  #   name = "hgsvn-0.1.8";
+  #   src = fetchurl rec {
+  #     name = "hgsvn-0.1.8.tar.gz";
+  #     url = "http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/h/hgsvn/${name}.tar.gz#md5=56209eae48b955754e09185712123428";
+  #     sha256 = "18a7bj1i0m4shkxmdvw1ci5i0isq5vqf0bpwgrhnk305rijvbpch";
+  #   };
+  #
+  #   buildInputs = [ pkgs.setuptools ];
+  #   doCheck = false;
+  #
+  #     meta = {
+  #     description = "HgSVN";
+  #     homepage = http://pypi.python.org/pypi/hgsvn;
+  #   };
+  # };
 
   cliapp = buildPythonPackage rec {
     name = "cliapp-1.20120929";
@@ -3167,6 +3259,7 @@ let pythonPackages = python.modules // rec {
 
     buildInputs = [ sphinx ];
 
+    # error: invalid command 'test'
     doCheck = false;
 
     meta = {
@@ -3187,6 +3280,7 @@ let pythonPackages = python.modules // rec {
 
     buildInputs = [ sphinx ];
 
+    # error: invalid command 'test'
     doCheck = false;
 
     meta = {
@@ -3207,6 +3301,7 @@ let pythonPackages = python.modules // rec {
 
     buildInputs = [ sphinx ];
 
+    # error: invalid command 'test'
     doCheck = false;
 
     meta = {
@@ -3228,6 +3323,7 @@ let pythonPackages = python.modules // rec {
     buildInputs = [ sphinx ];
     propagatedBuildInputs = [ tracing ttystatus cliapp ];
 
+    # error: invalid command 'test'
     doCheck = false;
 
     meta = {