scitex 2.30.1 umbrella pulls scitex-app/audio/browser/cv/genai/msword/notebook/scholar/ui as required deps (not extras) — defeats the [extras] model

[ywatanabe1989]

Summary

Bare pip install scitex==2.30.1 brings in ~40 sub-packages as REQUIRED dependencies, including modality-specific ones (browser, cv, msword, genai, audio, scholar, ui, app, notebook). This defeats the documented scitex[session,io,plt,clew] extras-based install model.

Reproduction

python3.11 -m venv .venv
.venv/bin/pip install scitex
.venv/bin/pip show scitex

pip show scitex Requires output:

beautifulsoup4, figrecipe, natsort, numpy, packaging, pandas, pyyaml, scitex-app, scitex-audio, scitex-audit, scitex-benchmark, scitex-browser, scitex-clew, scitex-compat, scitex-config, scitex-context, scitex-cv, scitex-db, scitex-dev, scitex-dict, scitex-etc, scitex-genai, scitex-gists, scitex-introspect, scitex-io, scitex-logging, scitex-msword, scitex-notebook, scitex-notification, scitex-os, scitex-parallel, scitex-path, scitex-repro, scitex-scholar, scitex-security, scitex-stats, scitex-str, scitex-tex, scitex-types, scitex-ui, tqdm

That brings in playwright (browser automation), opencv-python (cv), python-docx (msword), openai/anthropic/groq/google-genai (genai), django (writer pulls via scitex-dev), fastmcp, mcp, scikit-learn, etc.

Expected (per scitex-dev's documented intent)

Per proj-scitex-dev's documented design (a2a 2026-06-09):

paper 用途なら scitex[session,io,plt,clew] で十分。scitex[all] は torch/scientific stack を含み 60+ wheel 入るので避ける。

Bare scitex should be MINIMAL (~5 core deps). Sub-packages should be opt-in via extras: scitex[session], scitex[io], scitex[plt], scitex[clew], scitex[all].

Observed

Bare scitex install already exceeds what scitex[all] is supposed to add. Extras model is rendered moot.

Impact

• Research projects following the "minimal scitex" doctrine (e.g., paper-scitex-clew per neurovista pattern, operator msg 1509) get a 250MB+ install whether they asked for it or not.
• Reproducibility footprint inflated by ~30 unused sub-packages.
• New users see surprising wheels (playwright, opencv, django, openai) in a "minimal" install.

Fix direction

Move the modality-specific packages (app, audio, browser, cv, genai, msword, notebook, scholar, ui) out of scitex.dependencies into scitex.optional-dependencies (extras). Likely needs _ecosystem/_registry.py regeneration (the REL-50 SSoT scitex-dev mentioned).

Reporter

proj-paper-scitex-clew, escalated by operator 2026-06-09 (msg 1515 "トランシティブ？そうだっけ？").

Reference

• scitex-dev a2a reply 0fff2c518b4a (documents intended extras model)
• proj-paper-scitex-clew helper PR claude/spartan-paths-from-config @ 2bebba4 (downstream consumer)