expose new features as preview submodule

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,9 +4,10 @@
 
 ### New features
 -  Use revised Pareto k threshold ([2349](https://github.com/arviz-devs/arviz/pull/2349))
-
 -   Added arguments `ci_prob`, `eval_points`, `rvs`, and `random_state` to `plot_ecdf` ([2316](https://github.com/arviz-devs/arviz/pull/2316))
 -   Deprecated rcParam `stats.hdi_prob` and replaced with `stats.ci_prob` ([2316](https://github.com/arviz-devs/arviz/pull/2316))
+- Expose features from [arviz-base](https://arviz-base.readthedocs.io), [arviz-stats](https://arviz-stats.readthedocs.io) and [arviz-plots](https://arviz-plots.readthedocs.io) as `arviz.preview`
+  submodule ([2361](https://github.com/arviz-devs/arviz/pull/2361))
 
 ### Maintenance and fixes
 - Ensure support with numpy 2.0 ([2321](https://github.com/arviz-devs/arviz/pull/2321))

arviz/__init__.py

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ def _log(
 from .rcparams import rc_context, rcParams
 from .utils import Numba, Dask, interactive_backend
 from .wrappers import *
+from . import preview
 
 # add ArviZ's styles to matplotlib's styles
 _arviz_style_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "plots", "styles")

arviz/preview.py

@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# pylint: disable=unused-import,unused-wildcard-import,wildcard-import
+"""Expose features from arviz-xyz refactored packages inside ``arviz.preview`` namespace."""
+
+try:
+    from arviz_base import *
+except ModuleNotFoundError:
+    pass
+
+try:
+    import arviz_stats
+except ModuleNotFoundError:
+    pass
+
+try:
+    from arviz_plots import *
+except ModuleNotFoundError:
+    pass

setup.py

@@ -54,7 +54,10 @@ def get_version():
     url="http://github.com/arviz-devs/arviz",
     packages=find_packages(),
     install_requires=get_requirements(),
-    extras_require=dict(all=get_requirements_optional()),  # test=get_requirements_dev(),
+    extras_require={
+        "all": get_requirements_optional(),
+        "preview": ["arviz-base[h5netcdf]", "arviz-stats[xarray]", "arviz-plots"],
+    },
     long_description=get_long_description(),
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
     include_package_data=True,