Hi, big fan of the project!
cached_path is certainly very capable because of the support for GCS/S3/HuggingFace out of the box, but one issue is that it seems to bring a lot of dependency baggage for situations that really only require HTTP/local path functionality.
For example, one project I am working with relies on the HTTP and local cache path functionality, but there are conflicts due to the boto3 package. It's kind of like a printer refusing to print black-and-white when there is no magenta ink.
To that end, I'm curious whether there's interest in making the HF/S3/GCS dependencies optional? I can make a PR if needed! Thank you!
Hi, big fan of the project!
cached_pathis certainly very capable because of the support for GCS/S3/HuggingFace out of the box, but one issue is that it seems to bring a lot of dependency baggage for situations that really only require HTTP/local path functionality.For example, one project I am working with relies on the HTTP and local cache path functionality, but there are conflicts due to the
boto3package. It's kind of like a printer refusing to print black-and-white when there is no magenta ink.To that end, I'm curious whether there's interest in making the HF/S3/GCS dependencies optional? I can make a PR if needed! Thank you!