Enable uninstalling requests

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - User guide now explains the new objective classes
 - Telemetry deactivation warning is only shown to developers
 - `torch`, `gpytorch` and `botorch` are lazy-loaded for improved startup time
+- Failed `requests` package import now disables telemetry instead of causing an
+  exception. This enables using baybe after uninstalling all internet packages.
 
 ### Removed
 - `model_params` attribute from `Surrogate` base class, `GaussianProcessSurrogate` and

README.md

@@ -304,6 +304,10 @@ host machine names are irreversibly anonymized.
 - You can always deactivate all telemetry by setting the environment variable 
   `BAYBE_TELEMETRY_ENABLED` to `false` or `off`. For details please consult
   [this page](https://emdgroup.github.io/baybe/_autosummary/baybe.telemetry.html).
+- If you want to be absolutely sure, you can uninstall internet related packages such
+  as `requests` or `opentelemetry*` from the environment. Due to the inability of
+  specifying opt-out dependencies, these are installed by default, but the package
+  works without them.
 
 ## Authors
 

baybe/telemetry.py

@@ -84,7 +84,6 @@
 from urllib.parse import urlparse
 
 import pandas as pd
-import requests
 
 from baybe.parameters.base import Parameter
 from baybe.utils.boolean import strtobool
@@ -134,6 +133,7 @@
 
 # Attempt telemetry import
 try:
+    import requests
     from opentelemetry.exporter.otlp.proto.grpc.metric_exporter import (
         OTLPMetricExporter,
     )