You are right, Python package management is terrible. Even using an OS package manager (on Mac) like Ports or Brew it's still a nightmare. The other problem i

You are right, Python package management is terrible. Even using an OS package manager (on Mac) like Ports or Brew it's still a nightmare. The other problem is fragmentation. This package requires python 2.5, that one wants python 2.6, and that one wants python 3.1 but might me ok for python 3.2. It's just a mess. And confusing. Not to mention, even installing python on Mac can be a nightmare. One piece of advice, if you are going to use python on a mac get py-virtualenv (http://pypi.python.org/pypi/virtualenv http://pypi.python.org/pypi/virtualenv). It's as good as rvm (in ruby) and will save your life. I miss GEM terribly. But despite the shortcomings (maddness) I still LOVE python. :)