diff --git a/MANIFEST.in b/MANIFEST.in
index 84715a5fa..42c013e59 100644
--- a/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/MANIFEST.in
@@ -1,16 +1,14 @@
 include CHANGELOG
 include README.txt
 include setup.py
+include distribute_setup.py
 include LICENSE 
-include py/LICENSE 
-include py/path/testing/repotest.dump
-include py/rest/rest.sty.template
 graft doc
 graft contrib
 graft example
-graft py/bin 
-graft py/rest/testing/data
+graft bin 
 exclude *.orig 
 exclude *.rej 
+exclude .hginore
 prune .svn 
 prune .hg 
diff --git a/bin-for-dist/test_install.py b/bin-for-dist/test_install.py
index 14ada3c48..d30c90079 100644
--- a/bin-for-dist/test_install.py
+++ b/bin-for-dist/test_install.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import py
 import subprocess
 import os
+import execnet
 
 
 #
diff --git a/distribute_setup.py b/distribute_setup.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..728533560
--- /dev/null
+++ b/distribute_setup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,456 @@
+#!python
+"""Bootstrap distribute installation
+
+If you want to use setuptools in your package's setup.py, just include this
+file in the same directory with it, and add this to the top of your setup.py::
+
+    from distribute_setup import use_setuptools
+    use_setuptools()
+
+If you want to require a specific version of setuptools, set a download
+mirror, or use an alternate download directory, you can do so by supplying
+the appropriate options to ``use_setuptools()``.
+
+This file can also be run as a script to install or upgrade setuptools.
+"""
+import os
+import sys
+import time
+import fnmatch
+import tempfile
+import tarfile
+from distutils import log
+
+try:
+    from site import USER_SITE
+except ImportError:
+    USER_SITE = None
+
+try:
+    import subprocess
+
+    def _python_cmd(*args):
+        args = (sys.executable,) + args
+        return subprocess.call(args) == 0
+
+except ImportError:
+    # will be used for python 2.3
+    def _python_cmd(*args):
+        args = (sys.executable,) + args
+        # quoting arguments if windows
+        if sys.platform == 'win32':
+            def quote(arg):
+                if ' ' in arg:
+                    return '"%s"' % arg
+                return arg
+            args = [quote(arg) for arg in args]
+        return os.spawnl(os.P_WAIT, sys.executable, *args) == 0
+
+DEFAULT_VERSION = "0.6.6"
+DEFAULT_URL = "http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/d/distribute/"
+SETUPTOOLS_PKG_INFO = """\
+Metadata-Version: 1.0
+Name: setuptools
+Version: 0.6c9
+Summary: xxxx
+Home-page: xxx
+Author: xxx
+Author-email: xxx
+License: xxx
+Description: xxx
+"""
+
+
+def _install(tarball):
+    # extracting the tarball
+    tmpdir = tempfile.mkdtemp()
+    log.warn('Extracting in %s', tmpdir)
+    old_wd = os.getcwd()
+    try:
+        os.chdir(tmpdir)
+        tar = tarfile.open(tarball)
+        _extractall(tar)
+        tar.close()
+
+        # going in the directory
+        subdir = os.path.join(tmpdir, os.listdir(tmpdir)[0])
+        os.chdir(subdir)
+        log.warn('Now working in %s', subdir)
+
+        # installing
+        log.warn('Installing Distribute')
+        assert _python_cmd('setup.py', 'install')
+    finally:
+        os.chdir(old_wd)
+
+
+def _build_egg(tarball, to_dir):
+    # extracting the tarball
+    tmpdir = tempfile.mkdtemp()
+    log.warn('Extracting in %s', tmpdir)
+    old_wd = os.getcwd()
+    try:
+        os.chdir(tmpdir)
+        tar = tarfile.open(tarball)
+        _extractall(tar)
+        tar.close()
+
+        # going in the directory
+        subdir = os.path.join(tmpdir, os.listdir(tmpdir)[0])
+        os.chdir(subdir)
+        log.warn('Now working in %s', subdir)
+
+        # building an egg
+        log.warn('Building a Distribute egg in %s', to_dir)
+        _python_cmd('setup.py', '-q', 'bdist_egg', '--dist-dir', to_dir)
+
+        # returning the result
+        for file in os.listdir(to_dir):
+            if fnmatch.fnmatch(file, 'distribute-%s*.egg' % DEFAULT_VERSION):
+                return os.path.join(to_dir, file)
+
+        raise IOError('Could not build the egg.')
+    finally:
+        os.chdir(old_wd)
+
+
+def _do_download(version, download_base, to_dir, download_delay):
+    tarball = download_setuptools(version, download_base,
+                                  to_dir, download_delay)
+    egg = _build_egg(tarball, to_dir)
+    sys.path.insert(0, egg)
+    import setuptools
+    setuptools.bootstrap_install_from = egg
+
+
+def use_setuptools(version=DEFAULT_VERSION, download_base=DEFAULT_URL,
+                   to_dir=os.curdir, download_delay=15, no_fake=False):
+    # making sure we use the absolute path
+    to_dir = os.path.abspath(to_dir)
+    was_imported = 'pkg_resources' in sys.modules or \
+        'setuptools' in sys.modules
+    try:
+        try:
+            import pkg_resources
+            if not hasattr(pkg_resources, '_distribute'):
+                if not no_fake:
+                    fake_setuptools()
+                raise ImportError
+        except ImportError:
+            return _do_download(version, download_base, to_dir, download_delay)
+        try:
+            pkg_resources.require("distribute>="+version)
+            return
+        except pkg_resources.VersionConflict:
+            e = sys.exc_info()[1]
+            if was_imported:
+                sys.stderr.write(
+                "The required version of distribute (>=%s) is not available,\n"
+                "and can't be installed while this script is running. Please\n"
+                "install a more recent version first, using\n"
+                "'easy_install -U distribute'."
+                "\n\n(Currently using %r)\n" % (version, e.args[0]))
+                sys.exit(2)
+            else:
+                del pkg_resources, sys.modules['pkg_resources']    # reload ok
+                return _do_download(version, download_base, to_dir,
+                                    download_delay)
+        except pkg_resources.DistributionNotFound:
+            return _do_download(version, download_base, to_dir,
+                                download_delay)
+    finally:
+        _create_fake_setuptools_pkg_info(to_dir)
+
+def download_setuptools(version=DEFAULT_VERSION, download_base=DEFAULT_URL,
+                        to_dir=os.curdir, delay=15):
+    """Download distribute from a specified location and return its filename
+
+    `version` should be a valid distribute version number that is available
+    as an egg for download under the `download_base` URL (which should end
+    with a '/'). `to_dir` is the directory where the egg will be downloaded.
+    `delay` is the number of seconds to pause before an actual download
+    attempt.
+    """
+    # making sure we use the absolute path
+    to_dir = os.path.abspath(to_dir)
+    try:
+        from urllib.request import urlopen
+    except ImportError:
+        from urllib2 import urlopen
+    tgz_name = "distribute-%s.tar.gz" % version
+    url = download_base + tgz_name
+    saveto = os.path.join(to_dir, tgz_name)
+    src = dst = None
+    if not os.path.exists(saveto):  # Avoid repeated downloads
+        try:
+            log.warn("Downloading %s", url)
+            src = urlopen(url)
+            # Read/write all in one block, so we don't create a corrupt file
+            # if the download is interrupted.
+            data = src.read()
+            dst = open(saveto, "wb")
+            dst.write(data)
+        finally:
+            if src:
+                src.close()
+            if dst:
+                dst.close()
+    return os.path.realpath(saveto)
+
+
+def _patch_file(path, content):
+    """Will backup the file then patch it"""
+    existing_content = open(path).read()
+    if existing_content == content:
+        # already patched
+        log.warn('Already patched.')
+        return False
+    log.warn('Patching...')
+    _rename_path(path)
+    f = open(path, 'w')
+    try:
+        f.write(content)
+    finally:
+        f.close()
+    return True
+
+
+def _same_content(path, content):
+    return open(path).read() == content
+
+
+def _rename_path(path):
+    new_name = path + '.OLD.%s' % time.time()
+    log.warn('Renaming %s into %s', path, new_name)
+    try:
+        from setuptools.sandbox import DirectorySandbox
+        def _violation(*args):
+            pass
+        DirectorySandbox._violation = _violation
+    except ImportError:
+        pass
+
+    os.rename(path, new_name)
+    return new_name
+
+
+def _remove_flat_installation(placeholder):
+    if not os.path.isdir(placeholder):
+        log.warn('Unkown installation at %s', placeholder)
+        return False
+    found = False
+    for file in os.listdir(placeholder):
+        if fnmatch.fnmatch(file, 'setuptools*.egg-info'):
+            found = True
+            break
+    if not found:
+        log.warn('Could not locate setuptools*.egg-info')
+        return
+
+    log.warn('Removing elements out of the way...')
+    pkg_info = os.path.join(placeholder, file)
+    if os.path.isdir(pkg_info):
+        patched = _patch_egg_dir(pkg_info)
+    else:
+        patched = _patch_file(pkg_info, SETUPTOOLS_PKG_INFO)
+
+    if not patched:
+        log.warn('%s already patched.', pkg_info)
+        return False
+    # now let's move the files out of the way
+    for element in ('setuptools', 'pkg_resources.py', 'site.py'):
+        element = os.path.join(placeholder, element)
+        if os.path.exists(element):
+            _rename_path(element)
+        else:
+            log.warn('Could not find the %s element of the '
+                     'Setuptools distribution', element)
+    return True
+
+
+def _after_install(dist):
+    log.warn('After install bootstrap.')
+    placeholder = dist.get_command_obj('install').install_purelib
+    _create_fake_setuptools_pkg_info(placeholder)
+
+def _create_fake_setuptools_pkg_info(placeholder):
+    if not placeholder or not os.path.exists(placeholder):
+        log.warn('Could not find the install location')
+        return
+    pyver = '%s.%s' % (sys.version_info[0], sys.version_info[1])
+    setuptools_file = 'setuptools-0.6c9-py%s.egg-info' % pyver
+    pkg_info = os.path.join(placeholder, setuptools_file)
+    if os.path.exists(pkg_info):
+        log.warn('%s already exists', pkg_info)
+        return
+    log.warn('Creating %s', pkg_info)
+    f = open(pkg_info, 'w')
+    try:
+        f.write(SETUPTOOLS_PKG_INFO)
+    finally:
+        f.close()
+    pth_file = os.path.join(placeholder, 'setuptools.pth')
+    log.warn('Creating %s', pth_file)
+    f = open(pth_file, 'w')
+    try:
+        f.write(os.path.join(os.curdir, setuptools_file))
+    finally:
+        f.close()
+
+
+def _patch_egg_dir(path):
+    # let's check if it's already patched
+    pkg_info = os.path.join(path, 'EGG-INFO', 'PKG-INFO')
+    if os.path.exists(pkg_info):
+        if _same_content(pkg_info, SETUPTOOLS_PKG_INFO):
+            log.warn('%s already patched.', pkg_info)
+            return False
+    _rename_path(path)
+    os.mkdir(path)
+    os.mkdir(os.path.join(path, 'EGG-INFO'))
+    pkg_info = os.path.join(path, 'EGG-INFO', 'PKG-INFO')
+    f = open(pkg_info, 'w')
+    try:
+        f.write(SETUPTOOLS_PKG_INFO)
+    finally:
+        f.close()
+    return True
+
+
+def _before_install():
+    log.warn('Before install bootstrap.')
+    fake_setuptools()
+
+
+def _under_prefix(location):
+    if 'install' not in sys.argv:
+        return True
+    args = sys.argv[sys.argv.index('install')+1:]
+    for index, arg in enumerate(args):
+        for option in ('--root', '--prefix'):
+            if arg.startswith('%s=' % option):
+                top_dir = arg.split('root=')[-1]
+                return location.startswith(top_dir)
+            elif arg == option:
+                if len(args) > index:
+                    top_dir = args[index+1]
+                    return location.startswith(top_dir)
+            elif option == '--user' and USER_SITE is not None:
+                return location.startswith(USER_SITE)
+    return True
+
+
+def fake_setuptools():
+    log.warn('Scanning installed packages')
+    try:
+        import pkg_resources
+    except ImportError:
+        # we're cool
+        log.warn('Setuptools or Distribute does not seem to be installed.')
+        return
+    ws = pkg_resources.working_set
+    try:
+        setuptools_dist = ws.find(pkg_resources.Requirement.parse('setuptools',
+                                  replacement=False))
+    except TypeError:
+        # old distribute API
+        setuptools_dist = ws.find(pkg_resources.Requirement.parse('setuptools'))
+
+    if setuptools_dist is None:
+        log.warn('No setuptools distribution found')
+        return
+    # detecting if it was already faked
+    setuptools_location = setuptools_dist.location
+    log.warn('Setuptools installation detected at %s', setuptools_location)
+
+    # if --root or --preix was provided, and if
+    # setuptools is not located in them, we don't patch it
+    if not _under_prefix(setuptools_location):
+        log.warn('Not patching, --root or --prefix is installing Distribute'
+                 ' in another location')
+        return
+
+    # let's see if its an egg
+    if not setuptools_location.endswith('.egg'):
+        log.warn('Non-egg installation')
+        res = _remove_flat_installation(setuptools_location)
+        if not res:
+            return
+    else:
+        log.warn('Egg installation')
+        pkg_info = os.path.join(setuptools_location, 'EGG-INFO', 'PKG-INFO')
+        if (os.path.exists(pkg_info) and
+            _same_content(pkg_info, SETUPTOOLS_PKG_INFO)):
+            log.warn('Already patched.')
+            return
+        log.warn('Patching...')
+        # let's create a fake egg replacing setuptools one
+        res = _patch_egg_dir(setuptools_location)
+        if not res:
+            return
+    log.warn('Patched done.')
+    _relaunch()
+
+
+def _relaunch():
+    log.warn('Relaunching...')
+    # we have to relaunch the process
+    args = [sys.executable] + sys.argv
+    sys.exit(subprocess.call(args))
+
+
+def _extractall(self, path=".", members=None):
+    """Extract all members from the archive to the current working
+       directory and set owner, modification time and permissions on
+       directories afterwards. `path' specifies a different directory
+       to extract to. `members' is optional and must be a subset of the
+       list returned by getmembers().
+    """
+    import copy
+    import operator
+    from tarfile import ExtractError
+    directories = []
+
+    if members is None:
+        members = self
+
+    for tarinfo in members:
+        if tarinfo.isdir():
+            # Extract directories with a safe mode.
+            directories.append(tarinfo)
+            tarinfo = copy.copy(tarinfo)
+            tarinfo.mode = 448 # decimal for oct 0700
+        self.extract(tarinfo, path)
+
+    # Reverse sort directories.
+    if sys.version_info < (2, 4):
+        def sorter(dir1, dir2):
+            return cmp(dir1.name, dir2.name)
+        directories.sort(sorter)
+        directories.reverse()
+    else:
+        directories.sort(key=operator.attrgetter('name'), reverse=True)
+
+    # Set correct owner, mtime and filemode on directories.
+    for tarinfo in directories:
+        dirpath = os.path.join(path, tarinfo.name)
+        try:
+            self.chown(tarinfo, dirpath)
+            self.utime(tarinfo, dirpath)
+            self.chmod(tarinfo, dirpath)
+        except ExtractError:
+            e = sys.exc_info()[1]
+            if self.errorlevel > 1:
+                raise
+            else:
+                self._dbg(1, "tarfile: %s" % e)
+
+
+def main(argv, version=DEFAULT_VERSION):
+    """Install or upgrade setuptools and EasyInstall"""
+    tarball = download_setuptools()
+    _install(tarball)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main(sys.argv[1:])
diff --git a/example/execnet/popen_read_multiple.py b/example/execnet/popen_read_multiple.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 34ffbb65d..000000000
--- a/example/execnet/popen_read_multiple.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-"""
-example
-
-reading results from possibly blocking code running in sub processes. 
-"""
-import py
-
-NUM_PROCESSES = 5
-
-channels = []
-for i in range(NUM_PROCESSES):
-    gw = execnet.PopenGateway() # or use SSH or socket gateways 
-    channel = gw.remote_exec("""
-        import time
-        secs = channel.receive()
-        time.sleep(secs)
-        channel.send("waited %d secs" % secs)
-    """)
-    channels.append(channel)
-    print "*** instantiated subprocess", gw
-
-mc = execnet.MultiChannel(channels)
-queue = mc.make_receive_queue()
-
-print "***", "verifying that timeout on receiving results from blocked subprocesses works"
-try:
-    queue.get(timeout=1.0) 
-except Exception:
-    pass
-
-print "*** sending subprocesses some data to have them unblock"
-mc.send_each(1) 
-
-print "*** receiving results asynchronously"
-for i in range(NUM_PROCESSES):
-    channel, result = queue.get(timeout=2.0)
-    print "result", channel.gateway, result
diff --git a/example/execnet/redirect_remote_output.py b/example/execnet/redirect_remote_output.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e36d41462..000000000
--- a/example/execnet/redirect_remote_output.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-"""
-redirect output from remote to a local function 
-showcasing features of the channel object:
-
-- sending a channel over a channel 
-- adapting a channel to a file object 
-- setting a callback for receiving channel data 
-
-"""
-
-import py
-
-gw = execnet.PopenGateway()
-
-outchan = gw.remote_exec("""
-    import sys
-    outchan = channel.gateway.newchannel()
-    sys.stdout = outchan.makefile("w")
-    channel.send(outchan) 
-""").receive()
-
-# note: callbacks execute in receiver thread! 
-def write(data):
-    print "received:", repr(data)
-outchan.setcallback(write)
-
-gw.remote_exec("""
-    print 'hello world'
-    print 'remote execution ends'
-""").waitclose()
-
diff --git a/example/execnet/svn-sync-repo.py b/example/execnet/svn-sync-repo.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 5e677a5f6..000000000
--- a/example/execnet/svn-sync-repo.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,93 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python 
-
-import py
-import sys, os
-
-def usage():
-    arg0 = sys.argv[0]
-    print """%s [user@]remote-host:/repo/location localrepo [identity keyfile]""" % (arg0,)
-
-
-def main(args):
-    remote = args[0]
-    localrepo = py.path.local(args[1])
-    if not localrepo.check(dir=1):
-        raise SystemExit("localrepo %s does not exist" %(localrepo,))
-    if len(args) == 3:
-        keyfile = py.path.local(args[2])
-    else:
-        keyfile = None
-    remote_host, path = remote.split(':', 1)
-    print "ssh-connecting to", remote_host 
-    gw = getgateway(remote_host, keyfile)
-
-    local_rev = get_svn_youngest(localrepo)
-
-    # local protocol 
-    # 1. client sends rev/repo -> server 
-    # 2. server checks for newer revisions and sends dumps 
-    # 3. client receives dumps, updates local repo 
-    # 4. client goes back to step 1
-    c = gw.remote_exec("""
-        import py
-        import os
-        remote_rev, repopath = channel.receive()
-        while 1: 
-            rev = py.process.cmdexec('svnlook youngest "%s"' % repopath) 
-            rev = int(rev)
-            if rev > remote_rev:
-                revrange = (remote_rev+1, rev)
-                dumpchannel = channel.gateway.newchannel()
-                channel.send(revrange)
-                channel.send(dumpchannel)
-
-                f = os.popen(
-                        "svnadmin dump -q --incremental -r %s:%s %s" 
-                         % (revrange[0], revrange[1], repopath), 'r')
-                try:
-                    while 1:
-                        s = f.read(8192)
-                        if not s:
-                            raise EOFError
-                        dumpchannel.send(s)
-                except EOFError:
-                    dumpchannel.close()
-                remote_rev = rev 
-            else:
-                # using svn-hook instead would be nice here
-                py.std.time.sleep(30)
-    """)
-
-    c.send((local_rev, path))
-    print "checking revisions from %d in %s" %(local_rev, remote)
-    while 1: 
-        revstart, revend = c.receive()
-        dumpchannel = c.receive() 
-
-        print "receiving revisions", revstart, "-", revend, "replaying..."
-        svn_load(localrepo, dumpchannel)
-        print "current revision", revend 
-
-def svn_load(repo, dumpchannel):
-    f = os.popen("svnadmin load -q %s" %(repo, ), "w")
-    for x in dumpchannel:
-        sys.stdout.write(".")
-        sys.stdout.flush()
-        f.write(x)
-    print >>sys.stdout
-    f.close() 
-
-def get_svn_youngest(repo):
-    rev = py.process.cmdexec('svnlook youngest "%s"' % repo) 
-    return int(rev)
-
-def getgateway(host, keyfile=None):
-    return execnet.SshGateway(host, identity=keyfile)
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    if len(sys.argv) < 3:
-        usage()
-        raise SystemExit(1)
-
-    main(sys.argv[1:])
-
diff --git a/example/execnet/sysinfo.py b/example/execnet/sysinfo.py
deleted file mode 100644
index a4c44dd98..000000000
--- a/example/execnet/sysinfo.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,139 +0,0 @@
-"""
-sysinfo.py [host1] [host2] [options]
-
-obtain system info from remote machine. 
-"""
-
-import py
-import sys
-
-
-parser = py.std.optparse.OptionParser(usage=__doc__)
-parser.add_option("-f", "--sshconfig", action="store", dest="ssh_config", default=None,
-                  help="use given ssh config file, and add info all contained hosts for getting info")
-parser.add_option("-i", "--ignore", action="store", dest="ignores", default=None,
-                  help="ignore hosts (useful if the list of hostnames come from a file list)")
-
-def parsehosts(path):
-    path = py.path.local(path)
-    l = []
-    rex = py.std.re.compile(r'Host\s*(\S+)')
-    for line in path.readlines():
-        m = rex.match(line)
-        if m is not None:
-            sshname, = m.groups()
-            l.append(sshname)
-    return l
-
-class RemoteInfo:
-    def __init__(self, gateway):
-        self.gw = gateway
-        self._cache = {}
-
-    def exreceive(self, execstring):
-        if execstring not in self._cache:
-            channel = self.gw.remote_exec(execstring)
-            self._cache[execstring] = channel.receive()
-        return self._cache[execstring]
-
-    def getmodattr(self, modpath):
-        module = modpath.split(".")[0]
-        return self.exreceive("""
-            import %s
-            channel.send(%s)
-        """ %(module, modpath))
-
-    def islinux(self):
-        return self.getmodattr('sys.platform').find("linux") != -1
-
-    def getfqdn(self):
-        return self.exreceive("""
-            import socket
-            channel.send(socket.getfqdn())
-        """)
-
-    def getmemswap(self):
-        if self.islinux():
-            return self.exreceive(""" 
-            import commands, re
-            out = commands.getoutput("free")
-            mem = re.search(r"Mem:\s+(\S*)", out).group(1)
-            swap = re.search(r"Swap:\s+(\S*)", out).group(1)
-            channel.send((mem, swap))
-            """)
-
-    def getcpuinfo(self):
-        if self.islinux():
-            return self.exreceive("""
-                # a hyperthreaded cpu core only counts as 1, although it
-                # is present as 2 in /proc/cpuinfo.  Counting it as 2 is
-                # misleading because it is *by far* not as efficient as
-                # two independent cores.
-                cpus = {}
-                cpuinfo = {}
-                f = open("/proc/cpuinfo")
-                lines = f.readlines()
-                f.close()
-                for line in lines + ['']:
-                    if line.strip():
-                        key, value = line.split(":", 1)
-                        cpuinfo[key.strip()] = value.strip()
-                    else:
-                        corekey = (cpuinfo.get("physical id"),
-                                   cpuinfo.get("core id"))
-                        cpus[corekey] = 1
-                numcpus = len(cpus)
-                model = cpuinfo.get("model name")
-                channel.send((numcpus, model))
-            """)
-
-def debug(*args):
-    print >>sys.stderr, " ".join(map(str, args))
-def error(*args):
-    debug("ERROR", args[0] + ":", *args[1:])
-
-def getinfo(sshname, ssh_config=None, loginfo=sys.stdout):
-    debug("connecting to", sshname)
-    try:
-        gw = execnet.SshGateway(sshname, ssh_config=ssh_config)
-    except IOError:
-        error("could not get sshagteway", sshname)
-    else:
-        ri = RemoteInfo(gw)
-        #print "%s info:" % sshname
-        prefix = sshname.upper() + " "
-        print >>loginfo, prefix, "fqdn:", ri.getfqdn()
-        for attr in (
-            "sys.platform", 
-            "sys.version_info", 
-        ):
-            loginfo.write("%s %s: " %(prefix, attr,))
-            loginfo.flush()
-            value = ri.getmodattr(attr)
-            loginfo.write(str(value))
-            loginfo.write("\n")
-            loginfo.flush()
-        memswap = ri.getmemswap()
-        if memswap:
-            mem,swap = memswap
-            print >>loginfo, prefix, "Memory:", mem, "Swap:", swap 
-        cpuinfo = ri.getcpuinfo()
-        if cpuinfo:
-            numcpu, model = cpuinfo
-            print >>loginfo, prefix, "number of cpus:",  numcpu
-            print >>loginfo, prefix, "cpu model", model 
-        return ri
-            
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    options, args = parser.parse_args()
-    hosts = list(args)
-    ssh_config = options.ssh_config
-    if ssh_config:
-        hosts.extend(parsehosts(ssh_config))
-    ignores = options.ignores or ()
-    if ignores:
-        ignores = ignores.split(",")
-    for host in hosts:
-        if host not in ignores:
-            getinfo(host, ssh_config=ssh_config)
-        
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 57c3c2150..8961bfafa 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,15 +1,19 @@
 """py lib / py.test setup.py file"""
 import os, sys
+if sys.version_info >= (3,0):
+    from distribute_setup import use_setuptools
+    use_setuptools()
 from setuptools import setup
-long_description = """
 
+long_description = """
 py.test and pylib: rapid testing and development utils
 
 - `py.test`_: cross-project testing tool with many advanced features
 - `py.path`_: path abstractions over local and subversion files
 - `py.code`_: dynamic code compile and traceback printing support
 
-Compatibility: Linux, Win32, OSX, Python versions 2.4 through to 3.1.
+Platforms: Linux, Win32, OSX
+Interpreters: Python versions 2.4 through to 3.1, Jython 2.5.1. 
 For questions please check out http://pylib.org/contact.html
 
 .. _`py.test`: http://pylib.org/test.html
@@ -17,7 +21,6 @@ For questions please check out http://pylib.org/contact.html
 .. _`py.code`: http://pylib.org/code.html
 
 (c) Holger Krekel and others, 2009
-
 """
 trunk = None
 def main():
@@ -58,30 +61,12 @@ def main():
                   '_py.io',
                   '_py.log',
                   '_py.path',
-                  '_py.path.gateway',
                   '_py.process',
                   '_py.test',
                   '_py.test.dist',
                   '_py.test.looponfail',
                   '_py.test.plugin',],
-        package_data={'py': ['bin/_findpy.py',
-                             'bin/env.cmd',
-                             'bin/env.py',
-                             'bin/py.cleanup',
-                             'bin/py.convert_unittest',
-                             'bin/py.countloc',
-                             'bin/py.lookup',
-                             'bin/py.svnwcrevert',
-                             'bin/py.test',
-                             'bin/py.which',
-                             'bin/win32/py.cleanup.cmd',
-                             'bin/win32/py.convert_unittest.cmd',
-                             'bin/win32/py.countloc.cmd',
-                             'bin/win32/py.lookup.cmd',
-                             'bin/win32/py.svnwcrevert.cmd',
-                             'bin/win32/py.test.cmd',
-                             'bin/win32/py.which.cmd',],
-        zip_safe=True,
+        zip_safe=False,
     )
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':