diff --git a/bin/composer b/bin/composer
index 5ccd3611810f..12fbab8d6004 100755
--- a/bin/composer
+++ b/bin/composer
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ $composer->setRepository('Platform', new Repository\PlatformRepository());
 $composer->setRepository('Packagist', new Repository\ComposerRepository('http://packagist.org'));
 
 // initialize package
-$loader  = new Package\Loader\Json();
+$loader  = new Package\Loader\JsonLoader();
 $package = $loader->load('composer.json');
 
 // initialize lock
diff --git a/doc/composer-schema.json b/doc/composer-schema.json
index 122de80cda13..8d80ccf53cc0 100644
--- a/doc/composer-schema.json
+++ b/doc/composer-schema.json
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
             "required": true
         },
         "type": {
-            "description": "Package type, either 'Library', or the parent project it applies to if it's a plugin for a framework or application (e.g. 'Symfony2', 'Typo3', 'Drupal', ..).",
+            "description": "Package type, either 'Library', or the parent project it applies to if it's a plugin for a framework or application (e.g. 'Symfony2', 'Typo3', 'Drupal', ..), note that this has to be defined and communicated by any project implementing a custom composer installer, those are just unreliable examples.",
             "type": "string",
             "optional": true
         },
diff --git a/src/Composer/Command/InstallCommand.php b/src/Composer/Command/InstallCommand.php
index f183c049b7e6..b2e41a522bf0 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Command/InstallCommand.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Command/InstallCommand.php
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 namespace Composer\Command;
 
 use Composer\DependencyResolver;
+use Composer\DependencyResolver\Pool;
+use Composer\DependencyResolver\Request;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\OutputInterface;
 
@@ -43,7 +45,7 @@ protected function configure()
     protected function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output)
     {
         if ($this->getLock()->isLocked()) {
-            $this->writeln('<info>Found lockfile. Reading</info>');
+            $output->writeln('<info>Found lockfile. Reading</info>');
 
             foreach ($this->getLock()->getLockedPackages() as $package) {
                 $installer = $this->getComposer()->getInstaller($package->getType());
diff --git a/src/Composer/Composer.php b/src/Composer/Composer.php
index ceeb16735a4c..a5ca2a56e5bf 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Composer.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Composer.php
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 namespace Composer;
 
 use Composer\Installer\InstallerInterface;
+use Composer\Repository\RepositoryInterface;
 
 /**
  * @author Jordi Boggiano <j.boggiano@seld.be>
diff --git a/src/Composer/Package/Loader/ArrayLoader.php b/src/Composer/Package/Loader/ArrayLoader.php
index 89f2d3307d2c..83a6e20510f9 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Package/Loader/ArrayLoader.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Package/Loader/ArrayLoader.php
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ public function load($config)
         $version = $versionParser->parse($config['version']);
         $package = new Package\MemoryPackage($config['name'], $version['version'], $version['type']);
 
-        $package->setType($config['type']);
+        $package->setType(isset($config['type']) ? $config['type'] : 'library');
 
         if (isset($config['extra'])) {
             $package->setExtra($config['extra']);
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ private function loadLinksFromConfig($srcPackageName, $description, array $links
             $links[]    = new Package\Link($srcPackageName, $packageName, $constraint, $description);
         }
 
-        return $requirements;
+        return $links;
     }
 
     private function validateConfig(array $config)
@@ -107,9 +107,6 @@ private function validateConfig(array $config)
         if (!isset($config['name'])) {
             throw new \UnexpectedValueException('name is required for package');
         }
-        if (!isset($config['type'])) {
-            throw new \UnexpectedValueException('type is required for package');
-        }
         if (!isset($config['version'])) {
             throw new \UnexpectedValueException('version is required for package');
         }
diff --git a/src/Composer/Repository/PlatformRepository.php b/src/Composer/Repository/PlatformRepository.php
index 624cc788b361..5a94eee5579a 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Repository/PlatformRepository.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Repository/PlatformRepository.php
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
 use Composer\Package\MemoryPackage;
 use Composer\Package\BasePackage;
+use Composer\Package\Version\VersionParser;
 
 /**
  * @author Jordi Boggiano <j.boggiano@seld.be>
@@ -24,10 +25,12 @@ protected function initialize()
     {
         parent::initialize();
 
+        $versionParser = new VersionParser();
+
         try {
-            $version = BasePackage::parseVersion(PHP_VERSION);
+            $version = $versionParser->parse(PHP_VERSION);
         } catch (\UnexpectedValueException $e) {
-            $version = BasePackage::parseVersion(preg_replace('#^(.+?)(-.+)?$#', '$1', PHP_VERSION));
+            $version = $versionParser->parse(preg_replace('#^(.+?)(-.+)?$#', '$1', PHP_VERSION));
         }
 
         $php = new MemoryPackage('php', $version['version'], $version['type']);
@@ -40,7 +43,7 @@ protected function initialize()
 
             $reflExt = new \ReflectionExtension($ext);
             try {
-                $version = BasePackage::parseVersion($reflExt->getVersion());
+                $version = $versionParser->parse($reflExt->getVersion());
             } catch (\UnexpectedValueException $e) {
                 $version = array('version' => '0', 'type' => 'stable');
             }
diff --git a/src/Composer/Repository/RepositoryInterface.php b/src/Composer/Repository/RepositoryInterface.php
index ac702140d225..49e16690edcd 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Repository/RepositoryInterface.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Repository/RepositoryInterface.php
@@ -17,8 +17,5 @@
  */
 interface RepositoryInterface extends \Countable
 {
-    static function supports($type, $name = '', $url = '');
-    static function create($type, $name = '', $url = '');
-
     function getPackages();
 }
diff --git a/tests/Composer/Test/DependencyResolver/SolverTest.php b/tests/Composer/Test/DependencyResolver/SolverTest.php
index 97267673793e..8fc8fc630ef4 100644
--- a/tests/Composer/Test/DependencyResolver/SolverTest.php
+++ b/tests/Composer/Test/DependencyResolver/SolverTest.php
@@ -213,28 +213,6 @@ public function testInstallOneOfTwoAlternatives()
         ));
     }
 
-    /**
-     * @TODO: fix packagist.org bug
-     */
-    public function BROKEN_testSolverWithComposerRepo()
-    {
-        $this->repoInstalled = new PlatformRepository;
-
-        // overwrite solver with custom installed repo
-        $this->solver = new Solver($this->policy, $this->pool, $this->repoInstalled);
-
-        $this->repo = new ComposerRepository('http://packagist.org');
-        list($monolog) = $this->repo->getPackages();
-
-        $this->reposComplete();
-
-        $this->request->install('Monolog');
-
-        $this->checkSolverResult(array(
-            array('job' => 'install', 'package' => $monolog),
-        ));
-    }
-
     protected function reposComplete()
     {
         $this->pool->addRepository($this->repoInstalled);