Howdy! I apologize if this isn't the place to ask about buildout, but it is listed as the support address in PyPI. I use zc.buildout, as many Zope / Plone and other Python developers do nowadays to help in deployment of our code. We are abandoning SVN as version control, and for now are using BZR with a shell script to pull externals from SVN. As BZR is a Python DSCM, we want to use it api-wise in a buildout recipe, as an alternative to svn:externals, as BZR's externals-like feature is a bit slow in coming, and also a recipe could support a variety of SCM by URI. My concern is that, of course, buildout expects dev-eggs to be in src/ when its' run, though dev products and other bits can come as dependencies of eggs and via recipes. What I want is to be able to download dev eggs in a recipe, which is applied before the eggs are sought. I'm glad to help, but expect that approaching folks with setuptools and esp buildout expertise, via e-mail, as a group, might be a good start. I'd be glad to help document how to do this and what situations it benefits. Best, and TIA! J -- Robert Half - "When one teaches, two learn."