fix(language): keep base install green — drop processor re-export, gate dataset-extra tests

`lerobot.processor` re-exported `RenderMessagesStep` at the package
level, so importing anything from `lerobot.processor` pulled in
`lerobot.datasets.language` → `lerobot.datasets/__init__.py` →
`require_package("datasets")`, which fails in the Tier 1 base install
that intentionally omits the `[dataset]` extra. The chain bricked
collection for unrelated suites (`tests/policies/pi0_pi05/...`,
`tests/envs/...`, etc.).

* Stop re-exporting `RenderMessagesStep` from `lerobot.processor`. The
  only consumer (the test) already imports from the submodule.
  Document the deliberate omission in the module docstring.
* Add `pytest.importorskip("datasets", ...)` (and `pandas` where
  needed) at the top of the four PR-added tests that exercise the
  language stack:
  - tests/datasets/test_language.py
  - tests/datasets/test_language_render.py
  - tests/processor/test_render_messages_processor.py
  - tests/utils/test_collate.py

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Pepijn
2026-05-06 14:12:54 +02:00
parent 789f29aa56
commit 24d2ffe3c6
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#!/usr/bin/env python
import torch
import pytest
from lerobot.configs.recipe import MessageTurn, TrainingRecipe
from lerobot.processor.converters import create_transition
from lerobot.processor.render_messages_processor import RenderMessagesStep
from lerobot.types import TransitionKey
pytest.importorskip("datasets", reason="datasets is required (install lerobot[dataset])")
import torch # noqa: E402
from lerobot.configs.recipe import MessageTurn, TrainingRecipe # noqa: E402
from lerobot.processor.converters import create_transition # noqa: E402
from lerobot.processor.render_messages_processor import RenderMessagesStep # noqa: E402
from lerobot.types import TransitionKey # noqa: E402
def test_render_messages_step_noops_without_language_columns():