Basic Python package in virtualenv

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$ easy_install -U virtualenv

# Create a sandbox

$ virtualenv --no-site-packages myenv
$ cd myenv

# Install Paste Script

$ bin/pip install PasteScript
$ bin/paster create --list-templates
Available templates:
  basic_package:  A basic setuptools-enabled package
  paste_deploy:   A web application deployed through paste.deploy

# Create a package
$ bin/paster create -t basic_package mypackage
Selected and implied templates:
  PasteScript#basic_package  A basic setuptools-enabled package

Variables:
  egg:      mypackage
  package:  mypackage
  project:  mypackage
Enter version (Version (like 0.1)) ['']: 
Enter description (One-line description of the package) ['']: 
Enter long_description (Multi-line description (in reST)) ['']: 
Enter keywords (Space-separated keywords/tags) ['']: 
Enter author (Author name) ['']: 
Enter author_email (Author email) ['']: 
Enter url (URL of homepage) ['']: 
Enter license_name (License name) ['']: 
Enter zip_safe (True/False: if the package can be distributed as a .zip file) [False]: 
Creating template basic_package
Creating directory ./mypackage
  Recursing into +package+
    Creating ./mypackage/mypackage/
    Copying __init__.py to ./mypackage/mypackage/__init__.py
  Copying setup.cfg to ./mypackage/setup.cfg
  Copying setup.py_tmpl to ./mypackage/setup.py
Running /Users/optilude/tmp/myenv/bin/python setup.py egg_info

$ ls mypackage
mypackage          mypackage.egg-info setup.cfg          setup.py

# Create a repository
$ cd mypackage
$ git init .

# Install nose - see http://readthedocs.org/docs/nose/en/latest/
$ bin/pip install nose
$ bin/nosetests --help

# Install jarn.mkrelease
$ bin/pip install jarn.mkrelease

# Release
$ bin/mkrelease --dry-run -d pypi mypackage