--- a/paint/package.py	Fri Jan 25 13:46:11 2013 -0800
+++ b/paint/package.py	Fri Jan 25 13:50:40 2013 -0800
@@ -124,88 +124,12 @@
 
     ### python-package-specific functionality
 
-    def _egg_info(self):
-        """build the egg_info directory"""
-
-        if self._egg_info_path:
-            # return cached copy
-            return self._egg_info_path
-
-        directory = self._path()
-        setup_py = os.path.join(directory, 'setup.py')
-        if not os.path.exists(setup_py):
-            raise AssertionError("%s does not exist" % setup_py)
-
-        # setup the egg info
-        exception = None
-        try:
-            code = call([sys.executable, 'setup.py', 'egg_info'], cwd=directory, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
-        except Exception, exception:
-            pass
-        if code or exception:
-            message = """Failure to generate egg_info
-- src: %s
-- directory: %s
-""" % (self.src, directory)
-            if exception:
-                sys.stderr.write(message)
-                raise exception
-            else:
-                raise Exception(message)
-
-        # get the .egg-info directory
-        egg_info = [i for i in os.listdir(directory)
-                    if i.endswith('.egg-info')]
-        assert len(egg_info) == 1, 'Expected one .egg-info directory in %s, got: %s' % (directory, egg_info)
-        egg_info = os.path.join(directory, egg_info[0])
-        assert os.path.isdir(egg_info), "%s is not a directory" % egg_info
-
-        # cache it
-        self._egg_info_path = egg_info
-        return self._egg_info_path
-
-    def _pkg_info(self):
-        """returns path to PKG-INFO file"""
-
-        if self._pkg_info_path:
-            # return cached value
-            return self._pkg_info_path
-
-        try:
-            egg_info = self._egg_info()
-        except Exception, exception:
-            # try to get the package info from a file
-            path = self._path()
-            pkg_info = os.path.join(path, 'PKG-INFO')
-            if os.path.exists(pkg_info):
-                self._pkg_info_path = pkg_info
-                return self._pkg_info_path
-            raise Exception("Cannot find or generate PKG-INFO")
-
-        pkg_info = os.path.join(egg_info, 'PKG-INFO')
-        assert os.path.exists(pkg_info)
-        self._pkg_info_path = pkg_info
-        return self._pkg_info_path
-
     def info(self):
         """return info dictionary for package"""
         # could use pkginfo module
 
         self._log(">>> Getting the info")
-
-        pkg_info = self._pkg_info()
-
-        # read the package information
-        info_dict = {}
-        for line in file(pkg_info).readlines():
-            if not line or line[0].isspace():
-                continue # XXX neglects description
-            assert ':' in line
-            key, value = [i.strip() for i in line.split(':', 1)]
-            info_dict[key] = value
-
-        # return the information
-        return info_dict
+        return self.package_info(self._path())()
 
     def dependencies(self):
         """return the dependencies"""