[Distutils] virtualenv + python 2.6 (setuptools 2.6 egg)

[Brett Hoerner]

Ian Bicking wrote:
> Yes, the missing egg is causing the problem.  ez_setup.py doesn't seem
> to use a tarball fallback (I'm not sure why).  Phillip - can there
> either be a 2.6 egg uploaded, or have ez_setup.py install the tarball
> when the egg is missing?

Any news on this front?  2.6 is out but virtualenv is still broken
because it can't fallback to the tarball.

Thanks!
Brett