Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed3.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.004 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.99; '*S*': 0.00; 'python.': 0.02; 'subject:not': 0.03; 'subject:hosting': 0.09; 'thrown': 0.09; 'python': 0.11; 'citizen.': 0.16; 'from:addr:timgolden.me.uk': 0.16; 'from:name:tim golden': 0.16; 'message-id:@timgolden.me.uk': 0.16; 'received:192.168.0.29': 0.16; 'received:74.55.86': 0.16; 'received:74.55.86.74': 0.16; 'received:smtp.webfaction.com': 0.16; 'received:webfaction.com': 0.16; 'subject:class': 0.16; 'subject:where': 0.16; 'tjg': 0.16; 'subject:python': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'looked': 0.18; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.23; 'club': 0.24; 'fairly': 0.24; 'sort': 0.25; "i've": 0.25; 'posts': 0.26; 'second': 0.26; '(for': 0.26; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'hosting': 0.29; 'wondering': 0.29; "doesn't": 0.30; "i'm": 0.30; 'included': 0.31; 'searches': 0.31; 'class': 0.32; 'running': 0.33; 'basic': 0.35; 'but': 0.35; 'there': 0.35; 'version': 0.36; 'really': 0.36; 'doubt': 0.36; 'level': 0.37; 'to:addr:python- list': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'upgrading': 0.60; 'most': 0.60; 'kind': 0.63; 'here': 0.66; 'forums': 0.68; 'default': 0.69; 'from:addr:mail': 0.83; 'subject: *': 0.84; 'subject:Shared': 0.84; 'wordpress': 0.91; 'confidence': 0.95 Date: Sun, 25 May 2014 18:29:09 +0100 From: Tim Golden User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: python-list@python.org Subject: Re: Shared web hosting where python is *not* a second class citizen References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 21 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1401038968 news.xs4all.nl 2869 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:54100 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:72021 On 25/05/2014 18:25, memilanuk wrote: > Right now we have a fairly basic shared hosting plan via bluehost.com, > running WordPress for a club web site. I've looked at setting up python > on this account, but the default is the version of python that comes > with the OS (CentOS 5.x currently). There are some basic instructions > on upgrading that at a user level to 2.7... but nothing for python3, and > most of the python posts in their user forums go unanswered. Not > exactly confidence inspiring! The irony is that one of my web searches > included a review of shared hosting and listed BlueHost as the number > one recommendation! > > So I'm left wondering if there is someplace that people here would > recommend (for this kind of plan or others) where python isn't a second > class citizen. Really not interested (for my current uses) in a VPS. I > just want some place where it doesn't feel like python support is some > sort of bone thrown out there just to say that they 'support' python. Webfaction. Without a doubt TJG