diff --git a/doc/articles/aliases.md b/doc/articles/aliases.md
index 617551b61..98a6d1335 100644
--- a/doc/articles/aliases.md
+++ b/doc/articles/aliases.md
@@ -92,13 +92,14 @@ Add this to your project's root `composer.json`:
 That will fetch the `dev-bugfix` version of `monolog/monolog` from your GitHub
 and alias it to `1.0.x-dev`.
 
-> **Note:** If a package with inline aliases is required, the alias (right of
-> the `as`) is used as the version constraint. The part left of the `as` is
-> discarded. As a consequence, if A requires B and B requires `monolog/monolog`
-> version `dev-bugfix as 1.0.x-dev`, installing A will make B require
-> `1.0.x-dev`, which may exist as a branch alias or an actual `1.0` branch. If
-> it does not, it must be re-inline-aliased in A's `composer.json`.
+> **Note:** Inline aliasing is a root-only feature. If a package with inline
+> aliases is required, the alias (right of the `as`) is used as the version
+> constraint. The part left of the `as` is discarded. As a consequence, if
+> A requires B and B requires `monolog/monolog` version `dev-bugfix as 1.0.x-dev`,
+> installing A will make B require `1.0.x-dev`, which may exist as a branch
+> alias or an actual `1.0` branch. If it does not, it must be
+> inline-aliased again in A's `composer.json`.
 
 > **Note:** Inline aliasing should be avoided, especially for published
-> packages. If you found a bug, try and get your fix merged upstream. This
-> helps to avoid issues for users of your package.
+> packages/libraries. If you found a bug, try and get your fix merged upstream.
+> This helps to avoid issues for users of your package.
diff --git a/src/Composer/Command/ShowCommand.php b/src/Composer/Command/ShowCommand.php
index ec0261acc..168b0f285 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Command/ShowCommand.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Command/ShowCommand.php
@@ -329,23 +329,17 @@ EOT
                 ksort($packages[$type]);
 
                 $nameLength = $versionLength = $latestLength = 0;
-                foreach ($packages[$type] as $package) {
-                    if (is_object($package)) {
-                        $nameLength = max($nameLength, strlen($package->getPrettyName()));
-                        if ($showVersion) {
-                            $versionLength = max($versionLength, strlen($package->getFullPrettyVersion()));
-                            if ($showLatest) {
-                                $latestPackage = $this->findLatestPackage($package, $composer, $phpVersion, $showMinorOnly);
-                                if ($latestPackage === false) {
-                                    continue;
-                                }
 
-                                $latestPackages[$package->getPrettyName()] = $latestPackage;
-                                $latestLength = max($latestLength, strlen($latestPackage->getFullPrettyVersion()));
+                if ($showLatest && $showVersion) {
+                    foreach ($packages[$type] as $package) {
+                        if (is_object($package)) {
+                            $latestPackage = $this->findLatestPackage($package, $composer, $phpVersion, $showMinorOnly);
+                            if ($latestPackage === false) {
+                                continue;
                             }
+
+                            $latestPackages[$package->getPrettyName()] = $latestPackage;
                         }
-                    } else {
-                        $nameLength = max($nameLength, strlen($package));
                     }
                 }
 
@@ -357,11 +351,6 @@ EOT
                 $hasOutdatedPackages = false;
 
                 $viewData[$type] = array();
-                $viewMetaData[$type] = array(
-                    'nameLength' => $nameLength,
-                    'versionLength' => $versionLength,
-                    'latestLength' => $latestLength,
-                );
                 foreach ($packages[$type] as $package) {
                     $packageViewData = array();
                     if (is_object($package)) {
@@ -376,12 +365,15 @@ EOT
                         }
 
                         $packageViewData['name'] = $package->getPrettyName();
+                        $nameLength = max($nameLength, strlen($package->getPrettyName()));
                         if ($writeVersion) {
                             $packageViewData['version'] = $package->getFullPrettyVersion();
+                            $versionLength = max($versionLength, strlen($package->getFullPrettyVersion()));
                         }
                         if ($writeLatest && $latestPackage) {
                             $packageViewData['latest'] = $latestPackage->getFullPrettyVersion();
                             $packageViewData['latest-status'] = $this->getUpdateStatus($latestPackage, $package);
+                            $latestLength = max($latestLength, strlen($latestPackage->getFullPrettyVersion()));
                         }
                         if ($writeDescription) {
                             $packageViewData['description'] = $package->getDescription();
@@ -403,9 +395,15 @@ EOT
                         }
                     } else {
                         $packageViewData['name'] = $package;
+                        $nameLength = max($nameLength, strlen($package));
                     }
                     $viewData[$type][] = $packageViewData;
                 }
+                $viewMetaData[$type] = array(
+                    'nameLength' => $nameLength,
+                    'versionLength' => $versionLength,
+                    'latestLength' => $latestLength,
+                );
                 if ($input->getOption('strict') && $hasOutdatedPackages) {
                     $exitCode = 1;
                     break;
diff --git a/src/Composer/Downloader/FossilDownloader.php b/src/Composer/Downloader/FossilDownloader.php
index 6dd4c0c42..135e973e0 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Downloader/FossilDownloader.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Downloader/FossilDownloader.php
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class FossilDownloader extends VcsDownloader
         if (0 !== $this->process->execute($command, $ignoredOutput)) {
             throw new \RuntimeException('Failed to execute ' . $command . "\n\n" . $this->process->getErrorOutput());
         }
-        $command = sprintf('fossil open %s', ProcessExecutor::escape($repoFile));
+        $command = sprintf('fossil open %s --nested', ProcessExecutor::escape($repoFile));
         if (0 !== $this->process->execute($command, $ignoredOutput, realpath($path))) {
             throw new \RuntimeException('Failed to execute ' . $command . "\n\n" . $this->process->getErrorOutput());
         }
diff --git a/src/Composer/EventDispatcher/EventDispatcher.php b/src/Composer/EventDispatcher/EventDispatcher.php
index 2a180614c..7f7a2cd86 100644
--- a/src/Composer/EventDispatcher/EventDispatcher.php
+++ b/src/Composer/EventDispatcher/EventDispatcher.php
@@ -166,7 +166,12 @@ class EventDispatcher
 
         $return = 0;
         foreach ($listeners as $callable) {
-            if (!is_string($callable) && is_callable($callable)) {
+            if (!is_string($callable)) {
+                if (!is_callable($callable)) {
+                    $className = is_object($callable[0]) ? get_class($callable[0]) : $callable[0];
+
+                    throw new \RuntimeException('Subscriber '.$className.'::'.$callable[1].' for event '.$event->getName().' is not callable, make sure the function is defined and public');
+                }
                 $event = $this->checkListenerExpectedEvent($callable, $event);
                 $return = false === call_user_func($callable, $event) ? 1 : 0;
             } elseif ($this->isComposerScript($callable)) {
diff --git a/src/Composer/Repository/Vcs/FossilDriver.php b/src/Composer/Repository/Vcs/FossilDriver.php
index 7af97ad3e..0b689e7bf 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Repository/Vcs/FossilDriver.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Repository/Vcs/FossilDriver.php
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ class FossilDriver extends VcsDriver
                 throw new \RuntimeException('Failed to clone '.$this->url.' to repository ' . $this->repoFile . "\n\n" .$output);
             }
 
-            if (0 !== $this->process->execute(sprintf('fossil open %s', ProcessExecutor::escape($this->repoFile)), $output, $this->checkoutDir)) {
+            if (0 !== $this->process->execute(sprintf('fossil open %s --nested', ProcessExecutor::escape($this->repoFile)), $output, $this->checkoutDir)) {
                 $output = $this->process->getErrorOutput();
 
                 throw new \RuntimeException('Failed to open repository '.$this->repoFile.' in ' . $this->checkoutDir . "\n\n" .$output);
diff --git a/tests/Composer/Test/Downloader/FossilDownloaderTest.php b/tests/Composer/Test/Downloader/FossilDownloaderTest.php
index 2e1de934d..961686bef 100644
--- a/tests/Composer/Test/Downloader/FossilDownloaderTest.php
+++ b/tests/Composer/Test/Downloader/FossilDownloaderTest.php
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ class FossilDownloaderTest extends TestCase
             ->with($this->equalTo($expectedFossilCommand))
             ->will($this->returnValue(0));
 
-        $expectedFossilCommand = $this->getCmd('fossil open \'repo.fossil\'');
+        $expectedFossilCommand = $this->getCmd('fossil open \'repo.fossil\' --nested');
         $processExecutor->expects($this->at(1))
             ->method('execute')
             ->with($this->equalTo($expectedFossilCommand))