fix comparing versions (#6434)

* fix comparing versions

* chlog

* .

* ...

* datasets

.github/workflows/docs-checks.yml

@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ jobs:
           # First run the same pipeline as Read-The-Docs
           cd docs
           make clean
-          make html --debug --jobs $(nproc) SPHINXOPTS="-W"
+          make html --debug --jobs $(nproc) SPHINXOPTS="-W --keep-going"
 
       - name: Upload built docs
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -165,6 +165,9 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 - Fixed torch distributed not available in setup hook for DDP ([#6506](https://github.com/PyTorchLightning/pytorch-lightning/pull/6506))
 
 
+- Fixed comparing required versions ([#6434](https://github.com/PyTorchLightning/pytorch-lightning/pull/6434))
+
+
 ## [1.2.4] - 2021-03-16
 
 ### Changed

Makefile

@@ -29,4 +29,4 @@ test: clean
 
 docs: clean
 	pip install --quiet -r requirements/docs.txt
-	python -m sphinx -b html -W docs/source docs/build
+	python -m sphinx -b html -W --keep-going docs/source docs/build

docs/source/conf.py

@@ -334,6 +334,7 @@ def package_list_from_file(file):
 }
 MOCK_PACKAGES = []
 if SPHINX_MOCK_REQUIREMENTS:
+    MOCK_PACKAGES += ['fairscale']
     # mock also base packages when we are on RTD since we don't install them there
     MOCK_PACKAGES += package_list_from_file(os.path.join(PATH_ROOT, 'requirements.txt'))
     MOCK_PACKAGES += package_list_from_file(os.path.join(PATH_ROOT, 'requirements', 'extra.txt'))

pytorch_lightning/utilities/imports.py

@@ -12,14 +12,15 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 """General utilities"""
+import importlib
 import operator
 import platform
 import sys
 from distutils.version import LooseVersion
 from importlib.util import find_spec
 
 import torch
-from pkg_resources import DistributionNotFound, get_distribution
+from pkg_resources import DistributionNotFound
 
 
 def _module_available(module_path: str) -> bool:
@@ -42,11 +43,24 @@ def _module_available(module_path: str) -> bool:
 
 
 def _compare_version(package: str, op, version) -> bool:
+    """
+    Compare package version with some requirements
+
+    >>> _compare_version("torch", operator.ge, "0.1")
+    True
+    """
     try:
-        pkg_version = LooseVersion(get_distribution(package).version)
-        return op(pkg_version, LooseVersion(version))
-    except DistributionNotFound:
+        pkg = importlib.import_module(package)
+    except (ModuleNotFoundError, DistributionNotFound):
+        return False
+    try:
+        pkg_version = LooseVersion(pkg.__version__)
+    except AttributeError:
         return False
+    if not (hasattr(pkg_version, "vstring") and hasattr(pkg_version, "version")):
+        # this is mock by sphinx, so it shall return True ro generate all summaries
+        return True
+    return op(pkg_version, LooseVersion(version))
 
 
 _IS_WINDOWS = platform.system() == "Windows"

requirements/extra.txt

@@ -7,4 +7,5 @@ torchtext>=0.5
 # onnx>=1.7.0
 onnxruntime>=1.3.0
 hydra-core>=1.0
+# todo: when switch to standard package stream, drop `fairscale` from hard mocked docs libs
 https://github.com/PyTorchLightning/fairscale/archive/pl_1.2.0.zip