azure-cli v2.69.0 does not work with a stable release of azure-batch

[ShermanCAA]

Describe the bug

The latest release of azure-cli v2.69.0 depends on a pre-release version of azure-batch

azure-cli/src/azure-cli/setup.py

Line 55 in cf83ff0

'azure-batch~=15.0.0b1',

, which breaks software that relies on the latest stable version of azure-batch v14.2.0

The class signature has changed significantly from BatchServiceClient to BatchClient

Related command

Using the python SDK:

1. Install latest version of azure-batch from PyPI (https://pypi.org/project/azure-batch/)
2. Install latest version of azure-cli from PyPI (https://pypi.org/project/azure-cli/)
3. from azure.batch import BatchServiceClient

Errors

ImportError: cannot import name 'BatchServiceClient' from 'azure.batch'...

Issue script & Debug output

ImportError while importing test module '/home/vsts/work/1/s/Pipelines/RestartPools/tests/test_restart_pools.py'.
Hint: make sure your test modules/packages have valid Python names.
Traceback:
/opt/hostedtoolcache/Python/3.10.16/x64/lib/python3.10/importlib/__init__.py:126: in import_module
    return _bootstrap._gcd_import(name[level:], package, level)
Pipelines/RestartPools/tests/test_restart_pools.py:11: in <module>
    import restart_pools as p
Pipelines/RestartPools/activities/python/restart_pools.py:35: in <module>
    import common.batch.pool as p
common/common/batch/pool.py:6: in <module>
    from azure.batch import BatchServiceClient
E   ImportError: cannot import name 'BatchServiceClient' from 'azure.batch' (/opt/hostedtoolcache/Python/3.10.16/x64/lib/python3.10/site-packages/azure/batch/__init__.py)

Expected behavior

No discrepancy between latest stable versions of azure-batch and azure-cli

Environment Summary

azure-cli: 2.69.0
azure-batch: 14.2.0
Python: 3.10.16
OS: Ubuntu-22.04

Additional context

Related issue: Azure/azure-sdk-for-python#39676

[yonzhan]

Thank you for opening this issue, we will look into it.

[evelyn-ys]

@ShermanCAA The Batch SDK has been upgraded from track1 to track2. If you have any other scripts calling batch SDK, pls use separate environment, pls don't rely on the batch SDK that CLI depends on.

[ShermanCAA]

@evelyn-ys What do I do when I have software that needs to run with both azure-cli & azure-batch under the same environment?
What do track1 & track2 mean?
Will either azure-batch release a new stable version (EDIT: perhaps to track2?) that is compatible with azure-cli, or will azure-cli be backwards compatible with azure-batch's current stable release?

[evelyn-ys]

@ShermanCAA I'd like to defer the question to batch team @wiboris