import param 2.1.1 tries to run git subprocess
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ALL software version info
python=3.12
param = 2.1.1
System: macOS
Description of expected behavior and the observed behavior
Observed: Install Python and pip install param on a Mac that has no git installed, then python -c 'import param will try to run git and macOS will prompt the user if they want to install the MacOS command line developer tools.
Expected: import param should not try to run git for stable versions like param=2.1.1 from PyPI.
It's confusing for Python/Panel newbies that haven't learned git and it's annoying for anyone that doesn't have git installed on some macOS box. It's not a bit deal however, I will simply install git for now or could run my Panel app (which triggered the param import) without git, i.e. this is just an annoying popup, not a blocker.
Screenshots or screencasts of the bug in action
The following screenshot shows a stacktrace where this occurs in the Panel version.py that ultimately leads to the subprocess call that tries to run git.
I think this is coming from Panel, which used to run param.version. We have moved away from this in Panel 1.5. Can you try a panel dev release and see if it still happens?
Oups, you're right. All good with panel 1.5.0b4.