diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/bunch/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/bunch/default.nix
index 2758ff5b4185..39c858ebb676 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/bunch/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/bunch/default.nix
@@ -1,17 +1,40 @@
-{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi }:
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, pythonOlder
+}:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "bunch";
-  version = "1.0.1";
+  version = "unstable-2017-11-21";
+  format = "setuptools";
 
-  src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "1akalx2pd1fjlvrq69plvcx783ppslvikqdm93z2sdybq07pmish";
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
+
+  # Use a fork as upstream is dead
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "olivecoder";
+    repo = pname;
+    rev = "71ac9d5c712becd4c502ab3099203731a0f1122e";
+    hash = "sha256-XOgzJkcIqkAJFsKAyt2jSEIxcc0h2gFC15xy5kAs+7s=";
   };
 
+  postPatch = ''
+    substituteInPlace setup.py \
+      --replace "rU" "r"
+  '';
+
+  # No real tests available
   doCheck = false;
 
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "bunch"
+  ];
+
   meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Python dictionary that provides attribute-style access";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/dsc/bunch";
+    license = licenses.mit;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/kitchen/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/kitchen/default.nix
index 0b6f41d2c199..e60650594855 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/kitchen/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/kitchen/default.nix
@@ -1,16 +1,33 @@
-{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi }:
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchPypi
+, pythonOlder
+}:
+
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "kitchen";
   version = "1.2.6";
+  format = "setuptools";
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "0g5hq2icnng9vy4www5hnr3r5srisfwp0wxw1sv5c5dxy61gak5q";
+    hash = "sha256-uEz1gvG9FVa2DrxzcLnTMeuSR7awcM6J3+lZy6LAsDw=";
   };
 
+  # Waiting for upstream's clean-up
+  doCheck = false;
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "kitchen"
+  ];
+
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Kitchen contains a cornucopia of useful code";
-    license = licenses.lgpl2;
+    homepage = "https://github.com/fedora-infra/kitchen";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/fedora-infra/kitchen/blob/${version}/NEWS.rst";
+    license = licenses.lgpl2Only;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/paver/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/paver/default.nix
index 8721ef3dd601..d46d6eaa2934 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/paver/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/paver/default.nix
@@ -1,33 +1,53 @@
 { lib
 , buildPythonPackage
-, fetchPypi
-, nose
 , cogapp
+, fetchPypi
 , mock
+, nose
+, pytestCheckHook
+, pythonOlder
+, six
 , virtualenv
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "paver";
   version = "1.3.4";
-  pname   = "Paver";
+  format = "setuptools";
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
 
   src = fetchPypi {
-    inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "d3e6498881485ab750efe40c5278982a9343bc627e137b11adced627719308c7";
+    pname = "Paver";
+    inherit version;
+    hash = "sha256-0+ZJiIFIWrdQ7+QMUniYKpNDvGJ+E3sRrc7WJ3GTCMc=";
   };
 
-  buildInputs = [ cogapp mock virtualenv ];
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    six
+  ];
 
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ nose ];
+  checkInputs = [
+    cogapp
+    mock
+    nose
+    pytestCheckHook
+    virtualenv
+  ];
 
-  # the tests do not pass
-  doCheck = false;
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "paver"
+  ];
+
+  disabledTestPaths = [
+    # Test depends on distutils
+    "paver/tests/test_setuputils.py"
+  ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "A Python-based build/distribution/deployment scripting tool";
-    homepage    = "https://github.com/paver/paver";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/paver/paver";
+    license = licenses.bsd3;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ lovek323 ];
-    platforms   = platforms.unix;
   };
-
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/python_fedora/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python_fedora/default.nix
index 6a5c6a304f14..7f4e6e2a4fd5 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/python_fedora/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/python_fedora/default.nix
@@ -1,22 +1,55 @@
-{ lib, buildPythonPackage, fetchPypi, kitchen, requests, bunch, paver
-, six, munch, urllib3, beautifulsoup4, openidc-client, lockfile }:
+{ lib
+, beautifulsoup4
+, buildPythonPackage
+, bunch
+, fetchPypi
+, kitchen
+, lockfile
+, munch
+, openidc-client
+, paver
+, pythonOlder
+, requests
+, six
+, urllib3
+}:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "python-fedora";
   version = "1.1.1";
+  format = "setuptools";
+
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.7";
 
   src = fetchPypi {
     inherit pname version;
-    sha256 = "56b9d841a39b4030e388e90c7b77dacd479f1ce5e2ff9b18c3954d97d5709a19";
+    hash = "sha256-VrnYQaObQDDjiOkMe3fazUefHOXi/5sYw5VNl9Vwmhk=";
   };
-  propagatedBuildInputs = [ kitchen requests bunch paver lockfile
-    six munch urllib3 beautifulsoup4 openidc-client ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    beautifulsoup4
+    bunch
+    kitchen
+    lockfile
+    munch
+    openidc-client
+    paver
+    requests
+    six
+    urllib3
+  ];
+
   doCheck = false;
 
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "fedora"
+  ];
+
   meta = with lib; {
-    description = "Python Fedora Module";
+    description = "Module to interact with the infrastructure of the Fedora Project";
     homepage = "https://github.com/fedora-infra/python-fedora";
-    license = licenses.lgpl2;
+    changelog = "https://github.com/fedora-infra/python-fedora/releases/tag/1.1.1";
+    license = licenses.lgpl21Plus;
     maintainers = with maintainers; [ ];
   };
 }
diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/xml2rfc/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/xml2rfc/default.nix
index 3b4c9f4ef8b7..ff8451da3c08 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/python-modules/xml2rfc/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/xml2rfc/default.nix
@@ -1,32 +1,33 @@
 { lib
-, buildPythonPackage
-, fetchFromGitHub
-, pythonOlder
-, intervaltree
-, pyflakes
-, requests
-, lxml
-, google-i18n-address
-, pycountry
-, html5lib
-, six
-, kitchen
-, pypdf2
-, dict2xml
-, weasyprint
-, pyyaml
-, jinja2
-, configargparse
 , appdirs
+, buildPythonPackage
+, configargparse
 , decorator
+, dict2xml
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, google-i18n-address
+, html5lib
+, intervaltree
+, jinja2
+, lxml
+, markupsafe
 , pycairo
+, pycountry
+, pyflakes
+, pypdf2
 , pytestCheckHook
 , python-fontconfig
+, pythonOlder
+, pyyaml
+, requests
+, six
+, wcwidth
 }:
 
 buildPythonPackage rec {
   pname = "xml2rfc";
-  version = "3.15.3";
+  version = "3.16.0";
+  format = "setuptools";
 
   disabled = pythonOlder "3.6";
 
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     owner = "ietf-tools";
     repo = "xml2rfc";
     rev = "refs/tags/v${version}";
-    sha256 = "sha256-kA6Ali5zFEwe4iGpSSabUfNoaqY9/dxLyG+SccA94zc=";
+    hash = "sha256-H2m6WZTIu2xLIz3ysOZcicIibPj8mErrxYM2+F07aS0=";
   };
 
   postPatch = ''
@@ -46,22 +47,22 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
   '';
 
   propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    appdirs
+    configargparse
+    dict2xml
+    google-i18n-address
+    html5lib
     intervaltree
     jinja2
+    lxml
+    markupsafe
+    pycountry
     pyflakes
+    pypdf2
     pyyaml
     requests
-    lxml
-    google-i18n-address
-    pycountry
-    html5lib
     six
-    kitchen
-    pypdf2
-    dict2xml
-    weasyprint
-    configargparse
-    appdirs
+    wcwidth
   ];
 
   nativeCheckInputs = [
@@ -71,18 +72,21 @@ buildPythonPackage rec {
     python-fontconfig
   ];
 
-   # requires Noto Serif and Roboto Mono font
+   # Requires Noto Serif and Roboto Mono font
   doCheck = false;
 
   checkPhase = ''
     make tests-no-network
   '';
 
-  pythonImportsCheck = [ "xml2rfc" ];
+  pythonImportsCheck = [
+    "xml2rfc"
+  ];
 
   meta = with lib; {
     description = "Tool generating IETF RFCs and drafts from XML sources";
     homepage = "https://github.com/ietf-tools/xml2rfc";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/ietf-tools/xml2rfc/blob/v${version}/CHANGELOG.md";
     # Well, parts might be considered unfree, if being strict; see:
     # http://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/changelogs/non-free/x/xml2rfc/xml2rfc_2.9.6-1_copyright
     license = licenses.bsd3;