[Distutils] (How) do setuptools/distribute/pip handle circular dependencies?

[Vinay Sajip]

Daniel Holth <dholth <at> gmail.com> writes:

> 
> The commonest example is that distribute provides setuptools.
> 

I would regard that as a special case - I'm not thinking about forks. Can you
point to more substantive cases?

Regards,

Vinay Sajip