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Johannes Schindelin <Johannes.Schindelin@gmx.de> writes:

> I think this would not be too much of a hassle.  These days, an Apache2 is 
> installed on many machines, and it is better to have tests, than to have 
> no tests, even if they are not exercised everywhere, right?

I think a sensible guideline would be:

 - the core tools are tested by default everywhere;

 - i18n bits and foreign SCM interface are tested by default,
   but should allow opting-out;

 - networking test that needs to open listening ports should be
   off by default but should allow opting-in.