[tomhogans]

I think the biggest issue facing Python as a web development tool is deployment. Among the people I've spoken with, they like Python and the frameworks but often fall back to PHP because the deployment is so simple (possibly to a fault). Doesn't stop me from using it, but i would gather it's a significant factor for a lot of newcomers.

[JED3]

This couldn't be more true. If you haven't already, you should check out Ian Bicking's Silver Lining. Its not an immediate solution, but its certainly an exciting development in this space for Python.

http://cloudsilverlining.org/

[bmelton]

I haven't played with Silver Lining yet due to its infancy, but I personally considered the problem solved with virtualenv and fabric, though my deployments aren't exactly complicated anyway.

[ergo14]

Um, but look at ruby - it faces exactly same deployment problems if I'm correct, and it didn't stop it's adoption in web development at least.