Should we run the tests on Heroku?

Out of interest I tried heroku run python manage.py test --settings=microblog.settings.testing and of course got ImportError: No module named discover_runner, but it led me to wonder: should we run tests on the remote server?

As an aside, does anyone else see No runtime.txt provided; assuming python-2.7.4 when deploying to Heroku? I ask because my precise32 VM has Python 2.7.3

Thanks for any answers

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No, I can't think of any reason to run the tests on the production server unless you develop a bug that only exhibits on production. Tests are for sanity and ease of refactor.

Not much changed between 2.7.3 and 2.7.4. If you're really worried about it, create a runtime.txt and set the Python runtime you'd like.

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