--- a/autobot/process/factory.py	Wed Jan 05 18:17:09 2011 -0800
+++ b/autobot/process/factory.py	Thu Jan 06 11:28:28 2011 -0800
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
   create a virtualenv
   """
 
-  def __init__(self, name='env', hg_sources=None):
+  def __init__(self, name='env', hg_sources=()):
     """
     - name : of the virtualenv
     - hg_sources : sources of python packages with setuptools setup.pys
@@ -21,6 +21,28 @@
                               directory=name))
     # TODO: set properities:
     # - python location
+    # - virtualenv location
+
+    # clone hg repositories
     for hg_source in hg_sources:
       self.addStep(ShellCommand(command=['hg', 'clone', hg_source],
                                 directory=name + '/src'))
+
+
+class PythonSourceFactory(VirtualenvFactory):
+  """
+  setup several python packages
+  """
+
+  def __init__(self, name='env', hg_sources=()):
+
+    # setup the environment
+    VirtualenvFactory.__init__(self, name=name, hg_sources=hg_sources)
+
+    # install the packages
+
+
+# python sources:
+# [{'source': 'http://hg.mozilla.org/....',
+#   'type': 'hg', # or git,
+#  }]

--- a/autobot/projects/logparser/__init__.py	Wed Jan 05 18:17:09 2011 -0800
+++ b/autobot/projects/logparser/__init__.py	Thu Jan 06 11:28:28 2011 -0800
@@ -6,6 +6,12 @@
   http://hg.mozilla.org/automation/logparser/
   """
   def __init__(self):
+
+    # setup the environment
     VirtualenvFactory.__init__(self, name='logparser',
                                hg_sources=['http://hg.mozilla.org/automation/logparser/'])
-    
+
+    # install the python
+    # TODO: utilize PythonSourceFactory
+
+    # run the tests