[mod_python] mod_python and python 2.4?

I tried installing mod_python, and it told me it could not find python
2.3, so I had to download and install python 2.3. Now I find myself
missing some of the python 2.4 features. Python 2.4 has been out for
close to a year now, why is it taking so long to make it compatible?
Is there anything I could do to help?

-Dan