Comment 2 for bug 1175665

Yeah, we need to do something better than raise an ImportError. At least
print a nice error message.

However, since we're moving to subunit, this will go away pretty soon
anyway.

Cheers,

On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 8:55 AM, Corey Goldberg
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> right now it only imports `junitxml` if you select xml output. so the
> package isn't needed (unless you want xml output obviously).
>
> you will get an ImportError. Is that good enough, or should it quit
> gracefully asking you to install `junitxml` to enable xml output?
>
>
> ----
>
> def get_output_format(format):
> ....
> elif format == "xml":
> from junitxml import JUnitXmlResult
>
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> Title:
> Autopilot xml dependancy should be optional
>
> Status in Autopilot:
> Triaged
>
> Bug description:
> We should make the Xml output optional - only offer it if the junitxml
> package is installed, to reduce the number of packages we need to
> install on the tablet.
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Thomi Richards
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