CPAN for python?

[Philip Semanchuk]

On Mar 30, 2010, at 12:23 PM, Someone Something wrote:

> Hi,
> I've learned python a few months ago but I still use Perl because of  
> CPAN and the tremendous amount of stuff that's already been done for  
> you. is there something like CPAN for python?

Yes and no, depending on what CPAN means to you. This question come up  
often; have a look in the archives. Here's one thread on the topic  
from last month:

http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/ecd51ced8d24593e/f773e080024862cb?lnk=gst&q=cpan#f773e080024862cb