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@@ -16 +16 @@
  * \page tests Automated Tests
  *
- * There are two kinds of tests:
+ * There are three kinds of tests:
  *
  *  \li \subpage codetest "Code tests"
@@ -59 +59 @@
  * every single test for each and every single commit in the code history before
  * it is pushed to the central repository (git has ample means via \a rebase for
- * correcting later found errors).
+ * correcting later found errors), both for --disable-debug and --enable-debug.
  *
  * Before a version tag is given (e.g. v1.1.3) it is to be made sure that also
@@ -65 +65 @@
  * runs fine and produces a distributable archive.
  *
- * \date 2011-10-31
+ * Since v1.4.8 valgrind's memcheck tool runs through as well (on all regression
+ * tests). There are three glitches, namely regression tests 28-30 which load
+ * python scripts and cause many PyObject_Free and other errors. These are
+ * ignored. A python suppression file was tried but to no success.
+ * Similarly, a valgrind check prior to giving a version tag is to be made
+ * starting from this version to prevent memory leaks.
+ *
+ *
+ * \date 2014-08-29
  *
  */