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authorAnderson Bravalheri <andersonbravalheri@gmail.com>2022-06-25 20:26:40 +0100
committerAnderson Bravalheri <andersonbravalheri@gmail.com>2022-06-25 20:26:40 +0100
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Add note about using editable installs for test environments
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<PyPUG:guides/packaging-namespace-packages>`.
Please use :pep:`420`-style implicit namespaces.
+.. attention::
+ Editable installs are **not a perfect replacement for regular installs**
+ in a test environment. When in doubt, please test your projects as
+ installed via a regular wheel. There are tools in the Python ecosystem,
+ like :pypi:`tox` or :pypi:`nox`, that can help you with that.
+
Legacy Behavior
---------------