python3 incompatibility in configuration.py when using virtualenv + python setup.py develop - #1126

regenerating default astroquery.cfg file
Generation of default configuration item failed! Stdout and stderr are shown below.
Stdout:

Stderr:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/Volumes/disk5/Users/adam/repos/astropy/astropy/config/configuration.py", line 626, in generate_all_config_items
    if isinstance(pkgornm, basestring):
NameError: global name 'basestring' is not defined

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
  File "./astroquery/__init__.py", line 16, in <module>
    from .version import version as __version__
  File "./astroquery/version.py", line 3, in <module>
    from astropy.version_helpers import update_git_devstr, get_git_devstr
  File "/Volumes/disk5/Users/adam/repos/astropy/astropy/__init__.py", line 126, in <module>
    from .logger import _init_log
  File "/Volumes/disk5/Users/adam/repos/astropy/astropy/logger.py", line 45, in <module>
    "Threshold for the logging messages. Logging "
  File "/Volumes/disk5/Users/adam/repos/astropy/astropy/config/configuration.py", line 140, in __init__
    isinstance(defaultvalue, basestring)):
NameError: global name 'basestring' is not defined