On Aug 27, 2012 8:40 PM, "Erik Hesselink" <hesselink@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> The other question is how useful test suites in a released package
> are. Aren't they much more useful (and used more often) in source
> repositories?

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.