The installer and DS framework need to be easily tested via automation.
Some of the enhancements we need to make are:

1. Support COUNTRYOVERRIDE flag: so that tests need not be performed in actual country. The sponsor criteria checking would need to function as if the country detection servlet returned the country passed in.

2. Support /lang: when the installer/DS framework is localized, SQE needs a way to drive the UE in all 11 supported languages without installing on hosts where native OS has locale set to non-EN.