{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/biocore/scikit-bio/issues/802","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/biocore/scikit-bio/issues/802/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/biocore/scikit-bio/issues/802/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/biocore/scikit-bio/issues/802/events","html_url":"https://github.com/biocore/scikit-bio/pull/802","id":53743426,"number":802,"title":"Optional dependencies","user":{"login":"dansondergaard","id":204911,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/204911?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/dansondergaard","html_url":"https://github.com/dansondergaard","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dansondergaard/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dansondergaard/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dansondergaard/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dansondergaard/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dansondergaard/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dansondergaard/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dansondergaard/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dansondergaard/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/dansondergaard/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":21,"created_at":"2015-01-08T12:02:48Z","updated_at":"2015-03-19T16:24:20Z","closed_at":null,"pull_request":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/biocore/scikit-bio/pulls/802","html_url":"https://github.com/biocore/scikit-bio/pull/802","diff_url":"https://github.com/biocore/scikit-bio/pull/802.diff","patch_url":"https://github.com/biocore/scikit-bio/pull/802.patch"},"body":"This PR is a first attempt at fixing #760.\r\n\r\nFor convenience I have added the optional packages to `extras_require`. I have updated the README to specify that some packages are not installed as dependencies, but should be installed separately.\r\n\r\nSo far, an `ImportError` is raised, but we could use a custom exception to include more information for the user.\r\n\r\nThis is my first contribution, so comments are very welcome! :)"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/biocore/scikit-bio/issues/comments/83650577","html_url":"https://github.com/biocore/scikit-bio/pull/802#issuecomment-83650577","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/biocore/scikit-bio/issues/802","id":83650577,"user":{"login":"anderspitman","id":7820200,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7820200?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/anderspitman","html_url":"https://github.com/anderspitman","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/anderspitman/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/anderspitman/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/anderspitman/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/anderspitman/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/anderspitman/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/anderspitman/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/anderspitman/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/anderspitman/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/anderspitman/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-03-19T16:24:20Z","updated_at":"2015-03-19T16:24:20Z","body":"@dansondergaard, for testing locally are you using ``pip install -e .`` to install skbio?"}}