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ancestor: use absolute_import

A few months ago, import-checker.py was taught to enforce a more
well-defined import style for files with absolute_import. However,
we stopped short of actually converting source files to use
absolute_import because of problems with certain files.

Investigation revealed the following problems with switching to
absolute_import universally:

1) import cycles result in import failure on Python 2.6
2) undetermined way to import C/pure modules

While these problems need to be solved, they can be put off.
This patch starts a series of converting files to absolute_import
that won't exhibit any of the aforementioned problems.

To run the tests, do:

cd tests/
python run-tests.py

See http://mercurial.selenic.com/wiki/WritingTests for
more information on writing tests.