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@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ Installing ".[devel]" instead of "." will additionally pull in required
packages for testing this package. They are not runtime requirements,
and are not needed to simply use these libraries.
+Running ``make develop`` will pull in all testing dependencies and
+install QEMU in editable mode to the current environment.
+
See `Installing packages using pip and virtual environments
<https://packaging.python.org/guides/installing-using-pip-and-virtual-environments/>`_
for more information.
@@ -39,6 +42,9 @@ Files in this directory
- ``qemu/`` Python package source directory.
- ``tests/`` Python package tests directory.
- ``avocado.cfg`` Configuration for the Avocado test-runner.
+ Used by ``make check`` et al.
+- ``Makefile`` provides some common testing/installation invocations.
+ Try ``make help`` to see available targets.
- ``MANIFEST.in`` is read by python setuptools, it specifies additional files
that should be included by a source distribution.
- ``PACKAGE.rst`` is used as the README file that is visible on PyPI.org.