On Jan 07, 2017, at 07:38 PM, Siddhartha Gairola wrote:

To get familiar with the code I wiould like to write some tests for mailman. Which module should I get started with? Also some prototypes for writing tests would be helpful.

One of the most useful things for Core would be to help boost coverage. Many of the core modules are covered at 100% but a lot of them aren't. Right now the test suite is gated at 93% overall, but you can see that some are dismal at < 90% (even 40% in one case!). I will gladly work with anybody who wants to help boost coverage toward the eventual goal of 100% coverage. Untested code is broken code!

The best way to see coverage information is to run this with a checkout of Core:

% tox -e py35-cov

Adjust if necessary if you don't have Python 3.5 installed (i.e. py36-cov and py34-cov are also available).

I'm very happy to answer questions about how to write tests, the testing infrastructure, etc. either here on this mailing list or on IRC.

Cheers, -Barry