Add extension- or plug-in mechanism to register new installer types

[pschulz]

It would be nice to write additional (may be proprietary) installers, that can reuse the existing functionality of this project.
Wouldn't it be nice to add installers just by writing a new class that extends the BaseInstaller and defines the $locations array without the need to modify Composer\Installers\Installer::$supported types?

[davidbarratt]

@pschulz,

Couldn't you just create a custom installer and extend whatever Composer Installer class you want?

Your custom Installer would just need to depend on composer/installers in your composer.json file.

Or are you thinking of something different?

[kwhat]

@davidbarratt the custom installer is exactly what I needed to accomplish the same thing. Thanks for the tip.