Integration with install_profile_api fails

I'm am trying to use install_profile_api to set up drupal sites.

One issue that i have found is in the date_api.install where there are several variable_set calls that are not contained within a function.

This is a problem because when these includes are included, there is no database connection available. Ideally, in .install files, there would be no code outside of functions. In order to get around this, these variable_set calls should be moved into one of the hooks... probably date_api_install(...).

I've done this locally and this appears to work perfectly with no adverse impact on the installation of the date or date_api module.