Disabled Cement debug messages, source: https://github.com/datafolklabs/cement/issues/290#issuecomment-70128449

ee/cli/main.py

@@ -1,4 +1,13 @@
 """EasyEngine main application entry point."""
+import sys
+
+# this has to happen after you import sys, but before you import anything
+# from Cement "source: https://github.com/datafolklabs/cement/issues/290"
+if '--debug' in sys.argv:
+    sys.argv.remove('--debug')
+    TOGGLE_DEBUG = True
+else:
+    TOGGLE_DEBUG = False
 
 from cement.core import foundation
 from cement.utils.misc import init_defaults
@@ -42,6 +51,8 @@ class EEApp(foundation.CementApp):
         # default output handler
         output_handler = 'mustache'
 
+        debug = TOGGLE_DEBUG
+
 
 class EETestApp(EEApp):
     """A test app that is better suited for testing."""

setup.py

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ setup(name='ee',
           # "nose",
           # "coverage",
           # Required to function
-          'cement>=2.4',
+          'cement == 2.4',
           'pystache',
           'python-apt',
           'pynginxconfig',