Document self-referential extras now that pip officially supports it#2087
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Relevant PR: pypa/pip#14157 Relevant Issue: pypa/pip#11296
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Using self-referential extras is a more preferable pattern than to manually write, for example, an
allextra for all dependencies combined (which is both tedious and easy to fall out of sync with reality).Following pypa/pip#14157, this is now a documented and tested feature of
pip(supported unofficially since v21.2).Closes #2086
📚 Documentation preview 📚: https://python-packaging-user-guide--2087.org.readthedocs.build/en/2087/