Really! That's a pity... Instead of trying to recreate a repository the size of CPAN, a Python interface to Perl modules is really called for.
CPAN modules are designed for Perl though. There's pyperl like they mentioned but it's like speaking two languages at once.
It's not like the Java standard library or the .NET/Mono standard library that can be used easily with different languages. For Python, see PyPI and the Vaults of Parnassus: http://www.python.org/pypi http://www.vex.net/parnassus/
Instead of fretting over decorator syntax and
lispiness, might I suggest that development efforts be
directed to this? Developers, are you listening? Guido?
They are actually focusing more on the python standard library lately. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list