Comment 3 for bug 1420299

(Sorry for slow reply.)

The tests do seem included with the tarball? There's the test_elasticsearch/ folder anyway.

It looks like there are two test problems:
- test_elasticsearch/test_server/ contains a bunch of tests that try to use the network. They should all be skipped when we build.
- test_elasticsearch/helpers/test.py contains a method get_test_client() that nose picks up as a test. It should be skipped (as it is only a helper for test_server tests).

With those skipped, there are still 90+ tests that could be run. Seems a shame to throw out the baby with the bathwater.