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@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ which installs a version of the package that installs a forwarder
pointing to these files, such that the package always reflects the
latest version in your git tree.
+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.
+
See `Installing packages using pip and virtual environments
<https://packaging.python.org/guides/installing-using-pip-and-virtual-environments/>`_
for more information.