PackageManager should probably let you choose a tarball/ 
 zip/folder on disk (or drag + drop) and look for a setup.py  
 that it would do the Usual Thing with.  Perhaps also let you  
 choose an arbitrary .py file and scan for 'distutils' -- but I've  
 only seen a called-something-other-than-setup.py distutils  
 installer in one package (it had multiple setup-prefixed  
 installers that installed different related modules, and an  
 annoying no-op setup.py.. so I would say this is a bug on 
his  
 part). 
  
 PackageManager should be refactored to be responsive and  
 non-blocking (i.e. threaded or forking).    

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"PackageManager should probably let you choose a tarball/ 
zip/folder on disk (or drag + drop) and look for a setup.py 
that it would do the Usual Thing with."

See my PyMod application for a simple standalone solution that fulfills 
this requirement:

http://freespace.virgin.net/hamish.sanderson/PyMod.app.sit

Supports building and installing distutils packages, and PyPI 
registration through a simple GUI. 

Could use a better name and icon, and needs a bit more user testing 
(only tested on 10.2.6 so far), but is otherwise ready to roll, and 
you're welcome to include in the MacPython 2.4 distribution.

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PackageManager is deprecated in favor of Cheese Shop + easy_install and 
bdist_mpkg + pythonmac.org/packages