Yeah, it sucked, Steve, especially because we didn't really need all its complexity.
I replaced it with ... pip!
The new way to install dependencies is pip install -r requirements.txt
The new way to run django commands is python mytardis.py or ./mytardis.py if you chmod +x it.
The new way to test is python test.py
The new way to deploy it is still in development. The file build.sh has a rough outline of what needs to be done.
I'll update the salt scripts over the next couple of weeks. I will also update the documentation then, too.
Please beware of those changes when updating your develop branch now, nothing will work as it used to. If anything doesn't work or I forgot to post instructions here, please shout!