How to include git dependencies in setup.py for pip installation

I need to include Python packages available via public Github repositories along with my Python (2.7) package. My package should be installable via `pip` using `setup.py`. So far, this could be done using `dependency_links` in the `setup.py` file: ``` setuptools.setup( name="my_package", version="1.0", install_requires=[ "other_package==1.2" ], dependency_links=[ "https://github.com/user/other_package/tarball/master#egg=other_package-1.2" ] ) ``` This still works when the package gets installed with the `--process-dependency-links` flag, but the `dependency_links` functionality seems to be deprecated, since: ``` pip install git+https://github.com/user/my_package@master#egg=my_package-1.0 --process-dependency-links ``` gives me the following warning: ``` DEPRECATION: Dependency Links processing has been deprecated and will be removed in a future release. ``` Is there an alternative way to include `git` dependencies in the `setup.py` file with support for pip installation? Edit (10/17/2016) to clarify my use case: Let's say I find a bug in `other_package`. I fork the respective repo on Github, fix the bug and make a pull request. My pull request doesn't get immediately accepted (or never will be because the package is no longer actively maintained). I would like to distribute `my_package` together with my fork of `other_package` and want users to be able to pip install `my_package` without any further knowledge about the details of this requirement and without having to provide any additional flags upon installation. Users of `my_package` should further be able to include `my_package` as a requirement in their own custom packages. How can this be achieved bearing compatibly with different modes of installation (wheels, eggs, develop, ...) in mind?