Is pwm Python MegaWidgets viable?

[Paul Watson]

Does pwm run well on Python 2.4?  The last release appears to be in 
2003.  The Manning discussion forum is dead.

Is there a better path to learning and producing tkInter apps?

Has there been any discussion of wxPython becoming part of the base 
Python distro?  A requirement here is to not require download/install of 
anything other than the Python release.