Shell-independent *nix setup script

[brad]

scott.hafeman at rogers.com wrote:
> Hi,
> Is it worthwhile maintaining a production application setup script in
> Python as opposed to shell-script?  

I do not think so. Perhaps 'in conjunction with', but not 'opposed 
to'... sh is the lowest common denominator of shells. Script for sh and 
your script will run on most any Unix. Python is gaining acceptance, but 
is still not present everywhere by default... Solaris for example.