I came to the same conclusion that I wanted to try out Pylons a few weeks ago right around the same time the repoze.bfg + Pylons merger was announced and just d

I came to the same conclusion that I wanted to try out Pylons a few weeks ago right around the same time the repoze.bfg + Pylons merger was announced and just decided to jump into Pyramid. Recently I've been really impressed with the flexibility the platform offers allowing me to use all the libraries I had planned on and to make design decisions that I'm comfortable with. Initially there was quite a big learning curve as I was unfamiliar with using paste, what traversal was and if I should use it, best method to configure my app, etc... Initially this was my only real criticism, the level of indecision this flexibility instills in a noob, but since then the devs have been actively working on the docs to make them more beginner friendly and I've gotten some really great help in the irc channel. I'd say it's definitely worth taking a look if you were interested in Pylons.