[py-dev] virtual namespace for plugins

[Frederik Dohr]

> To make Python aware of the local package (e.g. for running tests out of 
> the repository), something like the following is required in a 
> root-level __init__.py:
>      path = os.path.abspath(VIRTUAL_NAMESPACE)
>      sys.modules[VIRTUAL_NAMESPACE].__dict__["__path__"].insert(0, path)

It appears my testing was flawed; this __init__.py is not being picked 
up automatically after all (which seemed odd in the first place), at 
least not by setup.py.
So an explicit "import __init__" is required - in which case that module 
should be renamed, of course.


-- F.