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 - logging mechanism
 - database connection
 - http-based RPC client/server
-
-Development
------------
-
-We strongly recommend you to use a [virtualenv][1] if you want to run tests or
-hack the code.
-
-To set up your development environment:
-
-```
-(swh) user@host:~/swh-environment/swh-core$ pip install -e .[testing]
-```
-
-This will install every Python package needed to run this package's tests.
-
-Unit tests can be executed using [pytest][2] or [tox][3].
-
-```
-(swh) user@host:~/swh-environment/swh-core$ pytest
-============================== test session starts ==============================
-platform linux -- Python 3.7.3, pytest-3.10.1, py-1.8.0, pluggy-0.12.0
-hypothesis profile 'default' -> database=DirectoryBasedExampleDatabase('/home/ddouard/src/swh-environment/swh-core/.hypothesis/examples')
-rootdir: /home/ddouard/src/swh-environment/swh-core, inifile: pytest.ini
-plugins: requests-mock-1.6.0, hypothesis-4.26.4, celery-4.3.0, postgresql-1.4.1
-collected 89 items
-
-swh/core/api/tests/test_api.py ..                                         [  2%]
-swh/core/api/tests/test_async.py ....                                     [  6%]
-swh/core/api/tests/test_serializers.py .....                              [ 12%]
-swh/core/db/tests/test_db.py ....                                         [ 16%]
-swh/core/tests/test_cli.py ......                                         [ 23%]
-swh/core/tests/test_config.py ..............                              [ 39%]
-swh/core/tests/test_statsd.py ........................................... [ 87%]
-....                                                                      [ 92%]
-swh/core/tests/test_utils.py .......                                      [100%]
-===================== 89 passed, 9 warnings in 6.94 seconds =====================
-```
-
-Note: this git repository uses [pre-commit][4] hooks to ensure better and more
-consistent code. It should already be installed in your virtualenv (if not,
-just type `pip install pre-commit`). Make sure to activate it in your local
-copy of the git repository:
-
-```
-(swh) user@host:~/swh-environment/swh-core$ pre-commit install
-pre-commit installed at .git/hooks/pre-commit
-```
-
-Please read the [developer setup manual][5] for more information on how to hack
-on Software Heritage.
-
-[1]: https://virtualenv.pypa.io
-[2]: https://docs.pytest.org
-[3]: https://tox.readthedocs.io
-[4]: https://pre-commit.com
-[5]: https://docs.softwareheritage.org/devel/developer-setup.html