Remove arcgis as a dependency from arcpy

danretired

In short, it may be nice to provide a simple package install for the bulk, but it makes it an unnecessary chore for others to produce simple alternate environments.

arcpy 3.0 py39_arcgispro_36030
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file name   : arcpy-3.0-py39_arcgispro_36030.tar.bz2
name        : arcpy
version     : 3.0
build       : py39_arcgispro_36030
build number: 36030
size        : 5.4 MB
subdir      : win-64
url         : https://conda.anaconda.org/esri/win-64/arcpy-3.0-py39_arcgispro_36030.tar.bz2
md5         : 539ed0c88f7227faf15e91f34f0bd21c
timestamp   : 2022-05-27 19:30:14 UTC
dependencies:
  - arcgis 2.0.1.*
  - arcgispro 3.0.*
  - asn1crypto
  - azure-storage-blob

.... huge snip

 

There is no reason for it related to arcpy specifically, in fact it is the other way around (or shapely).

Better still "arcgisscripting" would be nice to package/install on its own.

 

ShaunWalbridge

OK, yes the goal with arcpy-base is to strip out all non-critical packages, and move those which are normally included but not critical into arcpy. You can evaluate the versions we include by looking at the arcpy file information for the version you're installing, e.g. we ship scipy >=1.5.2 for Pro 3.1. I think including only the minimal set of things is the right way to break this up since different users will need different sets of things beyond the arcpy-base set, and if they need 1:1 mapping with Pro, they can use the full ArcPy package.