i think the problem originates from the fact that we want to serve 2 purposes with the suite distribution package: 1) an easy evaluation package 2) it might end up in production
if i have to choose between those two i would select the first.
Sorry, I'm running a bit behind on forms etc at the moment so this might be a bit late...
Rember you can always deploy your processes using the jbpm ant task - no need to have the web-app or the GPD involved in the deployment process at all.
Most of production environments I seem to end up working with do not allow "gui developer tools" to be installed on production servers and having the whole deployment process scripted means that other code/db changes are automatically deployed at the same time as workflow process changes.