id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	version	resolution	keywords	cc	launchpad_bug
1753	build can hang while trying to find dependencies	davidsarah		"{{{
$ python setup.py test
[...]
Searching for pycryptopp>=0.6.0
Reading http://pypi.python.org/simple/pycryptopp/
Reading http://allmydata.org/trac/pycryptopp
Reading http://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/pycryptopp
Reading http://allmydata.org/source/pycryptopp
Reading http://allmydata.org/source/zfec
[hangs for ~20 minutes]
^C^Cinterrupted
}}}

I don't know whether it is significant that it was trying to connect to allmydata.org; that resolves to the same IP as tahoe-lafs.org, so it should be harmless. Anyway, if there is no timeout then that is very broken.
"	defect	closed	normal	1.11.0	packaging	1.9.1	fixed	build setuptools hang pip