Seaborn import

[lucfra]

Dear authors,

first of all, congrats for the package! Really like it.

Secondarily, would be possible to make the seaborn package import optional?

Thanks!
Luca

[hrzn]

Hi @lucfra and thanks for the feedback.
Where do you see seaborn imported? It's not a dependency of Darts, and should not be used anywhere in the code base. It might be a dependency of one of our dependencies, in which case I'd be happy if you provide me with a full stracktrace, so I can check whether this is something we could potentially remove.

[lucfra]

Hi @hrzn ,

thanks! Here's a very minimal example of what I mean.

Not really sure how to print the stacktrace of an import statement.

Best wishes,
Luca

[hrzn]

Oh, that's not due to seaborn, it's due to Darts currently redefining some of matplotlib's defaults.
You can disable this behavior setting the environment variable: DARTS_CONFIGURE_MATPLOTLIB=0.
See: #924
Hopefully that solves the issue.

[lucfra]

Ok thanks!
Would be nice to have the change of style as an opt-in feature probably.

Anyway, thanks again.

Cheers,
Luca