After several iterations of arguing the denials of my request for lxml to be installed as a Python egg, my web host finally acquiesced. I think I’m going to print this out and get it framed: Hello, I apologize for the delay. We were able to install this for you: xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.net [~/lxml-3.3.5]# CFLAGS=”-O0″ easy_install –install-dir=/xxxxx/xxxxxxx/xxxxx/xxxxxxx/python2.6/site-packages…
It can help ya help ya help ya. It’s Python’s lambda function1! Pesky urllib2 not allowing you to construct a DELETE request? Environment Overlords not letting you install a sane http module like Requests2? Don’t like what a module you have no control over is doing for you? Lambda the damn thing! For example urllib2…
I’ve been using Ubuntu server edition for my end-of-lifecycle PC turned headless web/file server for the past year and change. For the most part I like it. What you lose in hardware-specific tuning in Gentoo you generally more than make up for in easy of install and use. I rather like Gentoo’s portage and have…