pip ignores dependency_links in setup.py
This answer should help. In a nutshell, you need to specify the version (or “dev”) for the #egg=python-s3 so it looks like #egg=python-s3-1.0.0. Updates based on @Cerin’s comment: Pip 1.5.x has a flag to enable dependency-links processing: –process-dependency-links. I haven’t tested it because I agree with the point below. This discussion seems to indicate that … Read more