https://github.com/JuliaLang/Pkg.jl/blob/dbf114fa92a6b367e225aea504cce6f361b584e6/test/new.jl#L105 It's probably not a good idea to have Pkg add a somewhat random package not under the control of the JuliaLang org during its tests. Not that I think this is malicious, to be clear :) The code is just a generated "Hello world" package after all.