Currently the _backup.py, _dump.py, _export.py, _import.py, _index_rebuild.py, _negative_zero_check.py, and _restore.py scripts in our Python driver do an import rethinkdb as r, and so will wind up importing an installed version of the Python driver before the one they are nominally part of. Partially this is a problem created by Python's slightly odd corners around this, but we should fix this to prevent issues from coming up.