Originally Posted by Ira L
Originally Posted by artie505
It came as a surprise although I should have expected it: Pacifist can't open Install macOS Big Sur.app; the Catalina installer was the last one it could open.
(I assume it will continue to work with .dmg Deltas and Combos, but I couldn't test with the macOS 11.1 Delta because it doesn't appear on Apple's Downloads page. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ )

According to this article there will be no more standalone installers for Big Sur.
That 'splains it.

A cherished and valued old friend - Pacifist, that is - has passed on to the great database in the sky. (No! Not the one in the cloud.)

Thanks, Ira.

The new Great Equalizer is the SEND button.

In Memory of Harv: Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. ~Voltaire