New version is new. USE=test passes on 2.5,2.6,2.7. Fails on 3.1 and 3.2. Probably should create a new bug when it lands regarding test failures? Arfrever as usual has more info on the subject: https://bitbucket.org/tarek/distribute/issue/277/distribute-0626-regressions-in-test-suite
I suggest to skip this version and wait for 0.6.27.
Please explain why...
As per irc conversation: < Arfrever> xarthisius: setuptools-0.6.26 has regressions in test suite and no useful bug fixes.
+*setuptools-0.6.27 (20 May 2012) + + 20 May 2012; Mike Gilbert <floppym@gentoo.org> +setuptools-0.6.27.ebuild: + Version bump for #414427 by Johan Bergström. +