diff --git a/.pylintrc b/.pylintrc
index 30ae4cb29..115fba168 100644
--- a/.pylintrc
+++ b/.pylintrc
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ load-plugins=linter_plugin
 # --enable=similarities". If you want to run only the classes checker, but have
 # no Warning level messages displayed, use"--disable=all --enable=classes
 # --disable=W"
-disable=fixme,locally-disabled,abstract-class-not-used,duplicate-code
+disable=fixme,locally-disabled,abstract-class-not-used,bad-continuation,too-few-public-methods,no-self-use,duplicate-code
 # abstract-class-not-used cannot be disabled locally (at least in pylint 1.4.1)
 
 
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ function-rgx=[a-z_][a-z0-9_]{2,40}$
 function-name-hint=[a-z_][a-z0-9_]{2,40}$
 
 # Regular expression matching correct variable names
-variable-rgx=[a-z_][a-z0-9_]{2,30}$
+variable-rgx=[a-z_][a-z0-9_]{1,30}$
 
 # Naming hint for variable names
 variable-name-hint=[a-z_][a-z0-9_]{2,30}$
@@ -228,7 +228,8 @@ max-module-lines=1250
 indent-string='    '
 
 # Number of spaces of indent required inside a hanging or continued line.
-indent-after-paren=4
+# This does something silly/broken...
+#indent-after-paren=4
 
 
 [TYPECHECK]
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 934ee2a24..46b14fe63 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -17,10 +17,7 @@ env:
     - GOPATH=/tmp/go
     - PATH=$GOPATH/bin:$PATH
   matrix:
-    - TOXENV=py26 BOULDER_INTEGRATION=1
     - TOXENV=py27 BOULDER_INTEGRATION=1
-    - TOXENV=py33
-    - TOXENV=py34
     - TOXENV=lint
     - TOXENV=cover
 
diff --git a/docs/contributing.rst b/docs/contributing.rst
index e908d60e8..00ac509ab 100644
--- a/docs/contributing.rst
+++ b/docs/contributing.rst
@@ -68,14 +68,17 @@ The following tools are there to help you:
 Integration
 ~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-First, install `Go`_ 1.5 and start Boulder_, an ACME CA server::
+First, install `Go`_ 1.5 (pick a value for GOPATH and put $GOPATH/bin in your
+PATH), libtool-ltdl, mariadb-server and rabbitmq-server and then start
+Boulder_, an ACME CA server::
 
   ./tests/boulder-start.sh
 
-The script will download, compile and run the executable; please be
-patient - it will take some time... Once its ready, you will see
-``Server running, listening on 127.0.0.1:4000...``. You may now run
-(in a separate terminal)::
+The script will download, compile and run the executable; please be patient -
+it will take some time... Once its ready, you will see ``Server running,
+listening on 127.0.0.1:4000...``. Add the ``venv/bin/`` subdirectory of your
+letsencrypt repo to your path, and add an ``/etc/hosts`` entry pointing
+``le.wtf`` to 127.0.0.1.  You may now run (in a separate terminal)::
 
   ./tests/boulder-integration.sh && echo OK || echo FAIL
 
diff --git a/letsencrypt/cli.py b/letsencrypt/cli.py
index 59030ff31..b3fb2765a 100644
--- a/letsencrypt/cli.py
+++ b/letsencrypt/cli.py
@@ -464,7 +464,6 @@ class HelpfulArgumentParser(object):
 
     """
     def __init__(self, args, plugins):
-        self.args = args
         plugin_names = [name for name, _p in plugins.iteritems()]
         self.help_topics = HELP_TOPICS + plugin_names + [None]
         self.parser = configargparse.ArgParser(
@@ -477,6 +476,7 @@ class HelpfulArgumentParser(object):
         self.parser._add_config_file_help = False  # pylint: disable=protected-access
         self.silent_parser = SilentParser(self.parser)
 
+        self.args = self.preprocess_args(args)
         help1 = self.prescan_for_flag("-h", self.help_topics)
         help2 = self.prescan_for_flag("--help", self.help_topics)
         assert max(True, "a") == "a", "Gravity changed direction"
@@ -489,6 +489,17 @@ class HelpfulArgumentParser(object):
         #print self.visible_topics
         self.groups = {}  # elements are added by .add_group()
 
+    def preprocess_args(self, args):
+        """Work around some limitations in argparse.
+
+        Currently, add the default verb "run" as a default.
+        """
+
+        for token in args:
+            if token in VERBS:
+                return args
+        return ["run"] + args
+
     def prescan_for_flag(self, flag, possible_arguments):
         """Checks cli input for flags.
 
@@ -656,7 +667,12 @@ def create_parser(plugins, args):
 
     _create_subparsers(helpful)
 
-    return helpful.parser
+    return helpful.parser, helpful.args
+
+# For now unfortunately this constant just needs to match the code below;
+# there isn't an elegant way to autogenerate it in time.
+VERBS = ["run", "auth", "install", "revoke", "rollback", "config_changes",\
+         "plugins"]
 
 
 def _create_subparsers(helpful):
@@ -844,7 +860,8 @@ def main(cli_args=sys.argv[1:]):
 
     # note: arg parser internally handles --help (and exits afterwards)
     plugins = plugins_disco.PluginsRegistry.find_all()
-    args = create_parser(plugins, cli_args).parse_args(cli_args)
+    parser, tweaked_cli_args = create_parser(plugins, cli_args)
+    args = parser.parse_args(tweaked_cli_args)
     config = configuration.NamespaceConfig(args)
 
     # Setup logging ASAP, otherwise "No handlers could be found for
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index e72d7b231..6e1640e3e 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@ setup(
         'Operating System :: POSIX :: Linux',
         'Programming Language :: Python',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 2',
-        'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.6',
         'Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7',
         'Topic :: Internet :: WWW/HTTP',
         'Topic :: Security',
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 83a3d07ec..2b2466c3b 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ commands =
     ./tox.cover.sh
 
 [testenv:lint]
-# recent versions of pylint do not support Python 2.6 (#97, #187)
 basepython = python2.7
 # separating into multiple invocations disables cross package
 # duplicate code checking; if one of the commands fails, others will