jan: thuban/Extensions/svgexport __init__.py,1.2,1.3

[Bernhard Herzog]

cvs at intevation.de writes:

> +# import the actual modules
> +from os import environ
> +try:
> +    dummy = environ["DISPLAY"]
> +    import svgsaver
> +    import maplegend
> +except:
> +    pass # we don't have a DISPLAY, so don't import the modules
> +         # (we probably are in test-mode)

That's not the right solution IMO.  No code should check whether it's
running under the test suite or not.  I'm not sure yet what the best
solution is, but as a first step, I'd say that the __init__ module in
the extension packages should not import the GUI parts of the extension
automatically.

  Bernhard

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