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[ posting about regression testing from Dan Connolly ]

I guess I agree with Dan's comments on the need for regression test suites in
GNU software.  I think that at least for the programming languages it's
essential.  I currently ship a (very small) test suite with GNU Smalltalk, and
I find that it gives people a reasonable feeling that things are working
properly when they install the system and the test suite runs ok.

What I'm not clear on is whether the test suites should be part of the
distributions, thereby increasing their already bloated sizes, or if they
should be separated out, so that you can get just the software and not the test
suites if you wish.  I guess I don't think that separating them is a real good
choice given the possibility of version skew...what do other people think?

Steve