Add PythonPackage base class

- Add a PythonPackage class with build system support.
  - Support build phases in PythonPackage
  - Add a custom sanity check for PythonPackages
  - Get rid of nolink dependencies in python packages

- Update spack create to use new PythonPackage class

- Port most of Python packages to new PythonPackage class

- Conducted a massive install and activate of Python packages.
  - Fixed bugs introduced by install and activate.

- Update API docs on PythonPackage

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-pylint/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-pylint/package.py
index c0c31a7686..84830c9bcf 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-pylint/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/py-pylint/package.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 from spack import *
 
 
-class PyPylint(Package):
+class PyPylint(PythonPackage):
     """array processing for numbers, strings, records, and objects."""
     homepage = "https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pylint"
     url      = "https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/pylint/pylint-1.4.1.tar.gz"
@@ -39,6 +39,3 @@ class PyPylint(Package):
     depends_on('py-logilab-common', type=('build', 'run'))
     depends_on('py-nose', type='build')
     depends_on('py-setuptools', type='build')
-
-    def install(self, spec, prefix):
-        setup_py('install', '--prefix=%s' % prefix)