`ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'ipython_genutils'`

[yasirroni]

Describe the bug
In a rare case, an error might happen due to ipython_genutils not properly installed. That is because nbmake did not require ipython_genutils nor jupyter explicitly. Others also get this behavior while using IPython ipython/ipython_genutils#3.

On my use case, the error happen on matpower-pip workflow and fixed with a commit yasirroni/matpower-pip@ae73edf

To Reproduce
I don't know exactly how to reproduce, but install nbmake seems not installing ipython_genutils

Expected behavior
Whenever someone using nbmake, we can assume that they are going to test IPython file. Then, isn't logical to make nbmake require at least jupyter?

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If not installing jupyter by default is the expected behavior, please ignore and close this issue.

[alex-remedios]

thanks for the report @yasirroni

I need to look a bit further but it's likely this is caused by a combination of pkg version.

See the source repo: https://github.com/ipython/ipython_genutils

It implies we shouldn't be depending on it, so let's try figure out how to resolve this issue without adding the dependency.

[yasirroni]

On my use case, simply adding jupyter as dependency solve the issue.

[yasirroni]

Another issue

NBMAKE INTERNAL ERROR
Kernel died before replying to kernel_info

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ImportError: cannot import name 'write_connection_file' from 'jupyter_client' (/opt/hostedtoolcache/Python/3.7.15/x64/lib/python3.7/site-packages/jupyter_client/__init__.py)

See https://github.com/yasirroni/matpower-pip/actions/runs/4355686258/jobs/7627873484

[yasirroni]

After some digging, it seems that the bug might be from a cell containing !pip install SOMETHING==... that cause incompatibility of Jupyter. Solved using os.sytem() approach that detect the version used by the environment (thus, avoiding reinstallation that might cause a bug).

[alex-remedios]

thanks for the follow up @yasirroni , think I'll leave this one open as a bug for now, given that we should be eliminating internal errors (in favour of something more helpful)

[yasirroni]

Sure. This kind of bug is pretty silent and challenging to solve! Hope you can catch this error and return a proper message for user.