Henning Makholm wrote:
The question is whether the *porters* think they have a sufficiently good reason to do the work of maintaining a separate testing-esque suite. If the porters want to do the work they should be allowed to do it.
If they don't need any support from anyone else, they're welcome to do whatever they like. If they want other people to help them, I don't think it's unreasonable to expect an answer to a "What's the point?" question.
Cheers, aj