Merge pull request numpy#26691 from mattip/refactor-scipy-doctest

BUILD: check for scipy-doctest, remove it from requirements

Author: charris

.spin/cmds.py

@@ -319,6 +319,11 @@ def check_docs(ctx, pytest_args, n_jobs, verbose, *args, **kwargs):
        from the top-level `__init__.py` file.
 
     """  # noqa: E501
+    try:
+        # prevent obscure error later
+        import scipy_doctest
+    except ModuleNotFoundError as e:
+        raise ModuleNotFoundError("scipy-doctest not installed") from e
     if (not pytest_args):
         pytest_args = ('numpy',)
 

requirements/test_requirements.txt

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ wheel==0.38.1
 setuptools
 hypothesis==6.81.1
 pytest==7.4.0
-scipy-doctest
 pytz==2023.3.post1
 pytest-cov==4.1.0
 meson