Are there any precompiled packages for Nginx for this? Looks like an awesome project, but I'm not a huge fan of compiling from source because it makes maintainability difficult in future. Having to compile Nginx from source just so I can use PageSpeed isn't something I look forward to.
just script the compilation so it's easier over time. That's what i do for my LEMP stack's installer and source compiled nginx. There's a shell based menu option i can run to just recompile nginx for upgrade, downloads or recompiles http://centminmod.com/menu.html :)