At least, I can reproduce this behaviour ...
checking for python... /usr/bin/python checking for python version... 2.7 checking for python platform... linux2 checking for python script directory... $/lib/python2.7/site-packages checking for python extension module directory... $/lib/python2.7/site-packages checking for headers required to compile python extensions... found checking for libpython2.7... not found configure: error: could not find files required to build python plugin It appears to me that there is something broken in how the packages are organized (maybe some Python 2 vs. Python 3 issue). Maybe it is a good idea to post the issue here: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-factory/