<p>On Aug 27, 2012 8:40 PM, "Erik Hesselink" <<a href="mailto:hesselink@gmail.com">hesselink@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> The other question is how useful test suites in a released package<br>
> are. Aren't they much more useful (and used more often) in source<br>
> repositories?</p>
<p>Having tests available in a released package allows one to verify that the software is functional in its current configuration / state on your system; this seems extremely useful to me. <br>
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