diff --git a/acme/.pylintrc b/acme/.pylintrc
index d0d150631..06bb2a01f 100644
--- a/acme/.pylintrc
+++ b/acme/.pylintrc
@@ -21,12 +21,6 @@ persistent=yes
 # usually to register additional checkers.
 load-plugins=linter_plugin
 
-# DEPRECATED
-include-ids=no
-
-# DEPRECATED
-symbols=no
-
 # Use multiple processes to speed up Pylint.
 jobs=1
 
diff --git a/certbot/main.py b/certbot/main.py
index fa14bbf99..f68373998 100644
--- a/certbot/main.py
+++ b/certbot/main.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 """Certbot main entry point."""
 from __future__ import print_function
 import atexit
+import errno
 import functools
 import logging.handlers
 import os
@@ -588,8 +589,16 @@ def renew(config, unused_plugins):
 def setup_log_file_handler(config, logfile, fmt):
     """Setup file debug logging."""
     log_file_path = os.path.join(config.logs_dir, logfile)
-    handler = logging.handlers.RotatingFileHandler(
-        log_file_path, maxBytes=2 ** 20, backupCount=10)
+    try:
+        handler = logging.handlers.RotatingFileHandler(
+            log_file_path, maxBytes=2 ** 20, backupCount=10)
+    except IOError as e:
+        if e.errno == errno.EACCES:
+            msg = ("Access denied writing to {0}. To run as non-root, set " +
+                "--logs-dir, --config-dir, --work-dir to writable paths.")
+            raise errors.Error(msg.format(log_file_path))
+        else:
+            raise
     # rotate on each invocation, rollover only possible when maxBytes
     # is nonzero and backupCount is nonzero, so we set maxBytes as big
     # as possible not to overrun in single CLI invocation (1MB).
diff --git a/certbot/renewal.py b/certbot/renewal.py
index d04e2d27c..95f64b94d 100644
--- a/certbot/renewal.py
+++ b/certbot/renewal.py
@@ -60,7 +60,8 @@ def _reconstitute(config, full_path):
     try:
         renewal_candidate = storage.RenewableCert(
             full_path, configuration.RenewerConfiguration(config))
-    except (errors.CertStorageError, IOError):
+    except (errors.CertStorageError, IOError) as exc:
+        logger.warning(exc)
         logger.warning("Renewal configuration file %s is broken. Skipping.", full_path)
         logger.debug("Traceback was:\n%s", traceback.format_exc())
         return None
diff --git a/letsencrypt-auto-source/letsencrypt-auto b/letsencrypt-auto-source/letsencrypt-auto
index 569f6d6f3..c8228b36f 100755
--- a/letsencrypt-auto-source/letsencrypt-auto
+++ b/letsencrypt-auto-source/letsencrypt-auto
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ BootstrapDebCommon() {
   # distro version (#346)
 
   virtualenv=
-  if apt-cache show virtualenv > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+  if apt-cache show virtualenv > /dev/null 2>&1 && ! apt-cache --quiet=0 show virtualenv 2>&1 | grep -q 'No packages found'; then
     virtualenv="virtualenv"
   fi
 
@@ -458,12 +458,39 @@ BootstrapSmartOS() {
   pkgin -y install 'gcc49' 'py27-augeas' 'py27-virtualenv'
 }
 
+BootstrapMageiaCommon() {
+    if ! $SUDO urpmi --force  \
+           python \
+           libpython-devel \
+           python-virtualenv
+    then
+      echo "Could not install Python dependencies. Aborting bootstrap!"
+      exit 1
+    fi
+
+    if ! $SUDO urpmi --force \
+           git \
+           gcc \
+           cdialog \
+           python-augeas \
+           libopenssl-devel \
+           libffi-devel \
+           rootcerts
+    then
+        echo "Could not install additional dependencies. Aborting bootstrap!"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+}
+
 
 # Install required OS packages:
 Bootstrap() {
   if [ -f /etc/debian_version ]; then
     echo "Bootstrapping dependencies for Debian-based OSes..."
     BootstrapDebCommon
+  elif [ -f /etc/mageia-release ] ; then
+    # Mageia has both /etc/mageia-release and /etc/redhat-release
+    ExperimentalBootstrap "Mageia" BootstrapMageiaCommon
   elif [ -f /etc/redhat-release ]; then
     echo "Bootstrapping dependencies for RedHat-based OSes..."
     BootstrapRpmCommon
diff --git a/letsencrypt-auto-source/letsencrypt-auto.template b/letsencrypt-auto-source/letsencrypt-auto.template
index 73d819b4a..e8f313208 100755
--- a/letsencrypt-auto-source/letsencrypt-auto.template
+++ b/letsencrypt-auto-source/letsencrypt-auto.template
@@ -155,12 +155,16 @@ DeterminePythonVersion() {
 {{ bootstrappers/free_bsd.sh }}
 {{ bootstrappers/mac.sh }}
 {{ bootstrappers/smartos.sh }}
+{{ bootstrappers/mageia_common.sh }}
 
 # Install required OS packages:
 Bootstrap() {
   if [ -f /etc/debian_version ]; then
     echo "Bootstrapping dependencies for Debian-based OSes..."
     BootstrapDebCommon
+  elif [ -f /etc/mageia-release ] ; then
+    # Mageia has both /etc/mageia-release and /etc/redhat-release
+    ExperimentalBootstrap "Mageia" BootstrapMageiaCommon
   elif [ -f /etc/redhat-release ]; then
     echo "Bootstrapping dependencies for RedHat-based OSes..."
     BootstrapRpmCommon
diff --git a/letsencrypt-auto-source/pieces/bootstrappers/deb_common.sh b/letsencrypt-auto-source/pieces/bootstrappers/deb_common.sh
index bfbcfa31d..8eb7e16ee 100644
--- a/letsencrypt-auto-source/pieces/bootstrappers/deb_common.sh
+++ b/letsencrypt-auto-source/pieces/bootstrappers/deb_common.sh
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ BootstrapDebCommon() {
   # distro version (#346)
 
   virtualenv=
-  if apt-cache show virtualenv > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+  if apt-cache show virtualenv > /dev/null 2>&1 && ! apt-cache --quiet=0 show virtualenv 2>&1 | grep -q 'No packages found'; then
     virtualenv="virtualenv"
   fi
 
diff --git a/letsencrypt-auto-source/pieces/bootstrappers/mageia_common.sh b/letsencrypt-auto-source/pieces/bootstrappers/mageia_common.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d6651574a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/letsencrypt-auto-source/pieces/bootstrappers/mageia_common.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+BootstrapMageiaCommon() {
+    if ! $SUDO urpmi --force  \
+           python \
+           libpython-devel \
+           python-virtualenv
+    then
+      echo "Could not install Python dependencies. Aborting bootstrap!"
+      exit 1
+    fi
+
+    if ! $SUDO urpmi --force \
+           git \
+           gcc \
+           cdialog \
+           python-augeas \
+           libopenssl-devel \
+           libffi-devel \
+           rootcerts
+    then
+        echo "Could not install additional dependencies. Aborting bootstrap!"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+}
diff --git a/pep8.travis.sh b/pep8.travis.sh
index c13547a78..cadea8489 100755
--- a/pep8.travis.sh
+++ b/pep8.travis.sh
@@ -2,16 +2,4 @@
 
 set -e  # Fail fast
 
-# PEP8 is not ignored in ACME
 pep8 --config=acme/.pep8 acme
-
-pep8 \
-  setup.py \
-  certbot \
-  certbot-apache \
-  certbot-nginx \
-  certbot-compatibility-test \
-  letshelp-certbot \
-  || echo "PEP8 checking failed, but it's ignored in Travis"
-
-# echo exits with 0
diff --git a/tools/_venv_common.sh b/tools/_venv_common.sh
index dc6ca3dd2..a121af82d 100755
--- a/tools/_venv_common.sh
+++ b/tools/_venv_common.sh
@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@ virtualenv --no-site-packages $VENV_NAME $VENV_ARGS
 # Separately install setuptools and pip to make sure following
 # invocations use latest
 pip install -U setuptools
-# --force-reinstall used to fix broken pip installation on some systems
-pip install --force-reinstall -U pip
+pip install -U pip
 pip install "$@"
 
 set +x
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 5c88dfd21..cb625ba8d 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -64,14 +64,14 @@ basepython = python2.7
 # duplicate code checking; if one of the commands fails, others will
 # continue, but tox return code will reflect previous error
 commands =
-    pip install -e acme[dev] -e .[dev] -e certbot-apache -e certbot-nginx -e certbot-compatibility-test -e letshelp-certbot
+    pip install -q -e acme[dev] -e .[dev] -e certbot-apache -e certbot-nginx -e certbot-compatibility-test -e letshelp-certbot
     ./pep8.travis.sh
-    pylint --rcfile=.pylintrc certbot
-    pylint --rcfile=acme/.pylintrc acme/acme
-    pylint --rcfile=.pylintrc certbot-apache/certbot_apache
-    pylint --rcfile=.pylintrc certbot-nginx/certbot_nginx
-    pylint --rcfile=.pylintrc certbot-compatibility-test/certbot_compatibility_test
-    pylint --rcfile=.pylintrc letshelp-certbot/letshelp_certbot
+    pylint --reports=n --rcfile=.pylintrc certbot
+    pylint --reports=n --rcfile=acme/.pylintrc acme/acme
+    pylint --reports=n --rcfile=.pylintrc certbot-apache/certbot_apache
+    pylint --reports=n --rcfile=.pylintrc certbot-nginx/certbot_nginx
+    pylint --reports=n --rcfile=.pylintrc certbot-compatibility-test/certbot_compatibility_test
+    pylint --reports=n --rcfile=.pylintrc letshelp-certbot/letshelp_certbot
 
 [testenv:apacheconftest]
 #basepython = python2.7