def METHOD_NAME(self, config, kill_sequence, is_running=True, **kwargs):
    with open(os.path.join('basedir', 'buildbot.tac'), 'wt', encoding='utf-8') as f:
        f.write("Application('buildmaster')")
    if is_running:
        with open("basedir/twistd.pid", 'wt', encoding='utf-8') as f:
            f.write('1234')
    def sleep(t):
        self.assertTrue(kill_sequence, f"unexpected sleep: {t}")
        what, exp_t = kill_sequence.pop(0)
        self.assertEqual((what, exp_t), ('sleep', t))
    self.patch(time, 'sleep', sleep)
    def kill(pid, signal):
        self.assertTrue(kill_sequence, f"unexpected signal: {signal}")
        exp_sig, result = kill_sequence.pop(0)
        self.assertEqual((pid, signal), (1234, exp_sig))
        if isinstance(result, Exception):
            raise result
        return result
    self.patch(os, 'kill', kill)
    rv = stop.stop(config, **kwargs)
    self.assertEqual(kill_sequence, [])
    return rv