If you're just looking to distribute, you could use git submodules and point at any package that way. git checkout --recursive, etc. Or just a symlink and inc

If you're just looking to distribute, you could use git submodules and point at any package that way. git checkout --recursive, etc. Or just a symlink and include it in your setup.py. Or check it out inside your project. Still allows better organized code. Given, the alternatives are very metaclass heavy black magic, and sometimes spare on comments - actually nearly all ORMs are very heavy on the black magic :)