cleaned out uneeded logic in __init__.py

Author: ChrisBarker-NOAA

.github/workflows/lint.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+name: Lint with flake8
+on: [push]
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+
+  lint:
+    name: Flake8 linting
+    runs-on: "ubuntu-latest"
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v3
+        with:
+          auto-update-conda: true
+          miniforge-version: latest
+          python-version: "3.10"
+          conda-remove-defaults: true
+      - name: Lint
+        shell: bash -l {0}
+        run: |
+            conda install flake8
+            # flake8 config in setup.cfg
+            # python -m flake8  --exit-zero --statistics py_gd/
+            python -m flake8 --statistics py_gd/

PyPI_name_transfer_request.txt

@@ -15,32 +15,13 @@
 
 __version__ = "2.3.3"
 
-if sys.platform.startswith('win'):
-    # This only works for Anaconda / miniconda
-    # On other  systems, logic needs to be added here.
-    # there must be a better way to do this -- why doesn't conda take care of it?
-    libpath = os.path.join(os.path.split(sys.executable)[0], "Library", "bin")
-
-    # Add lib dir to PATH:
-    if (os.path.isfile(os.path.join(libpath, 'libpng16.dll')) and
-            os.path.isfile(os.path.join(libpath, 'zlib.dll')) and
-            os.path.isfile(os.path.join(libpath, 'libgd.dll'))):
-        os.environ['PATH'] = libpath + os.pathsep + os.environ['PATH']
-
 try:
     from .py_gd import *  # noqa: F401
 
 except ImportError as err:
-    if str(err).startswith("DLL load failed:"):
-        if not (os.path.isfile(os.path.join(libpath, 'libpng16.dll')) and
-                os.path.isfile(os.path.join(libpath, 'zlib.dll')) and
-                os.path.isfile(os.path.join(libpath, 'libgd.dll'))):
-            raise RuntimeError("Can't find dlls for libgd, libpng, and libz.\n"
-                               "This kludge is only written to support Anaconda installs\n",
-                               "you may need to add some logic for other library locations",
-                               )
-        else:
-            raise
-    else:
-        raise
-    print(err.args)
+    raise RuntimeError("Can't find shared libs for libgd.\n"
+                       "Make sure they are installed, and on a path where they can be found.\n"
+                       "This may require some additional logic in this __init__.py,"
+                       "But it would be better to use a standard system location"
+                       ) from err
+