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[Nick White <801541@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

pydot, the python interface to graphviz, is a required dependency of the
openerp server. This is unfortunate, as graphviz depends on X, meaning
that servers running openerp-server need X installed.

In the core server, pydot is only used in workflow graph drawing, and it
fails gracefully without it. pydot is not used by any of the addons in
the main addons repository.

So, pydot should be removed from the required_modules list in setup.py,
and moved to being recommended in the documentation.

** Affects: openobject-server
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  Pydot requirement should be optional

Status in OpenERP Server:
  New

Bug description:
  pydot, the python interface to graphviz, is a required dependency of
  the openerp server. This is unfortunate, as graphviz depends on X,
  meaning that servers running openerp-server need X installed.

  In the core server, pydot is only used in workflow graph drawing, and
  it fails gracefully without it. pydot is not used by any of the addons
  in the main addons repository.

  So, pydot should be removed from the required_modules list in
  setup.py, and moved to being recommended in the documentation.

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