deployment is about running your application on a system for someone to use. Usually in the sense of a hosted solution delivered via a network.
see package_code for notes on publishing and releasing packages
best bet: | http://lincolnloop.com/blog/2008/dec/7/simple-easy-deployment-fabric-and-virtualenv/ | http://github.com/lincolnloop/lincoln-loop-deploy/tree/master | http://www.nongnu.org/fab/
deployment tools seem to boil down to fabric paver vellum buildout
one of the links below hammers CPU usage
https://launchpad.net/vellum/ Vellum: Simple Python Can Build Many Things in Launchpad | http://www.blueskyonmars.com/projects/paver/ | Paver: Easy Scripting for Software Projects — Paver v0.8 documentation