[Biopython-dev] Modules to be removed from Biopython

[Peter]

On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 2:58 PM, Michiel de Hoon <mjldehoon at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> That sounds positive.  I was thinking we might want to edit
>> setup.py so that it doesn't complain loudly if mxTextTools is
>> missing - given this will now only be needed for deprecated
>> modules.  Do you have any view on this?
>
> Since mxTextTools is only needed at run time and not at compile
> time, I think we do not have to check at all if it is present or not.

Agreed - done in CVS.

> Then in Martel, if importing mxTextTools fails, we can give an
> informative error message saying that the user should install
> mxTextTools.

That might be worth exploring - many people will probably be able to
deduce this from an ImportError, but an informative error is more
helpful.

> Since Martel is deprecated anyway, I think that that is quite
> sufficient. Compare it to ReportLab: Bio.Graphics imports it,
> but we don't check in setup.py if it is present or not.

OK.

Peter