The decentralized nature of the Python community is driving me crazy

[Ravi Teja]

> But I must say the one thing I miss about Perl is my ability to stay on
> top of all the latest modules and apps in one place: CPAN. With Python,
> code is EVERYWHERE - people's local boxes, sourceforge, freshmeat,
> codezoo, parnassus, etc, etc.

Python CheeseShop is equivalent to CPAN
http://www.python.org/pypi

Easy Install provides a nice client
http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/EasyInstall