the installer does seem to be a bit of a special case, but I seldom see a case of "this is so important a component that we are going to ignore the rules for it" work out well in the long run.
Posted Nov 8, 2012 9:24 UTC (Thu) by michaeljt (subscriber, #39183)
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dlang wrote:
> the installer does seem to be a bit of a special case
Agreed, but not so special that it might not have other down-stream consumers. Some of the people who produce their own distribution spins might well be interested in using a good installer maintained as a separate project.