Backing out the basic dependency checking (from pycon sprint).
This support was only a first cut, and doesn't deserve to be in
a released version (where we have to support it in an ongoing
manner)
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/command/__init__.py b/Lib/distutils/command/__init__.py
index 3a9a53e..870005d 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/command/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/command/__init__.py
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
            'bdist_dumb',
            'bdist_rpm',
            'bdist_wininst',
-           'checkdep',
            # These two are reserved for future use:
            #'bdist_sdux',
            #'bdist_pkgtool',
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/command/checkdep.py b/Lib/distutils/command/checkdep.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 729002c..0000000
--- a/Lib/distutils/command/checkdep.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,70 +0,0 @@
-"""distutils.command.x
-
-Implements the Distutils 'x' command.
-"""
-
-# created 2000/mm/dd, John Doe
-
-__revision__ = "$Id$"
-
-from distutils.core import Command
-
-class DependencyFailure(Exception): pass
-
-class VersionTooOld(DependencyFailure): pass
-
-class VersionNotKnown(DependencyFailure): pass
-
-class checkdep (Command):
-
-    # Brief (40-50 characters) description of the command
-    description = "check package dependencies"
-
-    # List of option tuples: long name, short name (None if no short
-    # name), and help string.
-    # Later on, we might have auto-fetch and the like here. Feel free.
-    user_options = []
-
-    def initialize_options (self):
-        self.debug = None
-
-    # initialize_options()
-
-
-    def finalize_options (self):
-        pass
-    # finalize_options()
-
-
-    def run (self):
-        from distutils.version import LooseVersion
-        failed = []
-        for pkg, ver in self.distribution.metadata.requires:
-            if pkg == 'python':
-                if ver is not None:
-                    # Special case the 'python' package
-                    import sys
-                    thisver = LooseVersion('%d.%d.%d'%sys.version_info[:3])
-                    if thisver < ver:
-                        failed.append(((pkg,ver), VersionTooOld(thisver)))
-                continue
-            # Kinda hacky - we should do more here
-            try:
-                mod = __import__(pkg)
-            except Exception, e:
-                failed.append(((pkg,ver), e))
-                continue
-            if ver is not None:
-                if hasattr(mod, '__version__'):
-                    thisver = LooseVersion(mod.__version__)
-                    if thisver < ver:
-                        failed.append(((pkg,ver), VersionTooOld(thisver)))
-                else:
-                    failed.append(((pkg,ver), VersionNotKnown()))
-
-        if failed:
-            raise DependencyFailure, failed
-
-    # run()
-
-# class x
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/command/install.py b/Lib/distutils/command/install.py
index 175f785..2aaf010 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/command/install.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/command/install.py
@@ -126,8 +126,6 @@
          "force installation (overwrite any existing files)"),
         ('skip-build', None,
          "skip rebuilding everything (for testing/debugging)"),
-        ('skip-checkdep', None,
-         "skip checking dependencies (use at own risk)"),
 
         # Where to install documentation (eventually!)
         #('doc-format=', None, "format of documentation to generate"),
@@ -185,15 +183,12 @@
 
         # 'force' forces installation, even if target files are not
         # out-of-date.  'skip_build' skips running the "build" command,
-        # handy if you know it's not necessary.  'skip_checkdep' skips
-        # the 'checkdep' command, if you are sure you can work around the
-        # dependency failure in another way. 'warn_dir' (which is *not*
+        # handy if you know it's not necessary.  'warn_dir' (which is *not*
         # a user option, it's just there so the bdist_* commands can turn
         # it off) determines whether we warn about installing to a
         # directory not in sys.path.
         self.force = 0
         self.skip_build = 0
-        self.skip_checkdep = 0
         self.warn_dir = 1
 
         # These are only here as a conduit from the 'build' command to the
@@ -505,12 +500,6 @@
         if not self.skip_build:
             self.run_command('build')
 
-        # We check dependencies before we install
-        # For now, this is disabled. Before 2.4 is released, this will
-        # be turned on.
-        #if not self.skip_checkdep:
-        #    self.run_command('checkdep')
-
         # Run all sub-commands (at least those that need to be run)
         for cmd_name in self.get_sub_commands():
             self.run_command(cmd_name)