[Biopython-dev] setuptools breaking biopython-1.62b installation

[Brad Chapman]

Peter and Michiel;

>> Do we actually need setuptools?
>> Looking at setup.py, it seems that distutils is sufficient for our needs.
>> If so, let's remove the dependency on setuptools.

We used setuptools/distribute to install dependencies, although
practically this doesn't work well since pip doesn't finish NumPy
installation before installing Biopython. So I'm fine with taking it out
if you want to simplify the setup and avoid the extra dependency.

Brad