[mod_python] OS X install mod_python w/o MacPorts

I am trying to install mod_python on Mac OS X 10.5 using MacPorts.  
However, that is seemingly not possible right now (see http://trac.macports.org/projects/macports/ticket/14470) 
.

As a Windows user until quite recently, MacPorts, Apache, python are  
all very new to me. My question is whether there's an alternate way to  
install mod_python on OS X beside MacPorts?

adthanksvance

///ark
(first-time poster)