It would be a very good idea. The CPAN is the main strenght of Perl (if someone cites the Vaults as a Python equivalent, it means he never used the CPAN).
In the mean time, I've reserved czan.org and .net (for the community: of course, I will give them back freely when someone will implement it) unless people prefer zopefind.net (like rpmfind.net)?
Somebody has to own the domain :) I'm got space available for a CZAN mirror if necessary. It might be something that benefits the Python community as a whole, not just Zope users, in which case 'CZAN' is not entirely correct ;) But hey, let's start somewhere right? Such a product would allow users to access CZAN from within the Zope Interface and work a bit like MS' Windows Update (if you're not familiar with it, it rules for upgrading Windows machines over the Internet). Install new products, new versions, hotfixes. Upgrade Zope itself. Integrate with ZEO etc. to upgrade clusters of machines all at once... Just thinking out loud here :) Anyone from DigiCool care to comment? How much of it is already in the pipeline? Cya Jonathan