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The following commands will be useful for anyone writing patches:
python setup.py test # Run local unit test suite
python setup.py pylint # Run a pylint script against the codebase
Any patches shouldn't change the output of 'test' or 'pylint'. The
'pylint' requires pylint and pycodestyle to be installed.
Our pylint script uses a blacklist rather than a whitelist approach, so it could throw some false positives or useless messages. If you think your patch exposes one of these, bring it up on the mailing list.
'test*' have a --debug option if you are hitting problems.
For more options, use python setup.py test --help.
One useful way to manually test virt-manager's UI is using libvirt's unit test driver. From the source directory, Launch virt-manager like:
virt-manager --connect test://$PWD/tests/testdriver.xml
This testdriver has many fake XML definitions that can be used to see each bit of virt-manager's UI. It also enables testing the various wizards without having to alter your host virt config.
Also, there's a few standalone specialty tests:
python setup.py test_urls # Test fetching media from distro URLs
python setup.py test_initrd_inject # Test --initrd-inject
We use glade-3 for building virt-manager's UI.
It is recommended you have a fairly recent version of glade-3. If a small UI
change seems to rewrite the entire glade file, you likely have a too old
(or too new :) glade version.
Submitting patches
Patches should be developed against a git checkout and not a source release(see git repository).
Patches should be sent to the mailing list.
Using git format-patch/send-email is preferred, but an attachment with format-patch output is fine too.
Small patches are acceptable via github pull-request, but anything non-trivial should be sent to the mailing list.
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