Docs: Development Basics - tabs Guidelines hint to Makefile that needs spaces in some places

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@ -62,7 +62,9 @@ Code formatting may sound like a topic for the pedantic, however it helps if
 the code in the project is formatted in the same way. The following rules
 apply:

- use tabs instead of spaces (set your editor to show tabs as two spaces)
+- use tabs instead of spaces (set your editor to show tabs as two spaces.) Only
+  exceptions are Makefiles, that need spaces in some places (for example the
+  Package definition)
 - trailing whitespaces must be eliminated

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