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Federico Ceratto
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@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ However, if you are short on time, you can just run the tests specific to your
changes by only running the corresponding categories of tests. Travis CI verifies
that all tests pass before allowing the pull request to be accepted, so only
running specific tests should be harmless.
Integration tests should go in ``tests/untestable``.
If you're looking for ways to contribute, please look at our [issue tracker][nim-issues].
There are always plenty of issues labelled [``Easy``][nim-issues-easy]; these should

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This directory contains tests which are not automatically executed
for various reasons. Mainly due to dependencies on external services.
This directory contains integration tests which are not automatically executed
for various reasons:
- dependency on external services
- dependency on files / configuration / state of the local host
- tests that are extremely slow or require large amounts of memory or storage
- tests that spawn local daemons
Integration tests can become stale very quickly. Automated ./koch tests are
strongly recommended.