check in init

Author: madhur-ob

metaflow/__init__.py

@@ -147,10 +147,8 @@ class and related decorators.
 from . import tuple_util
 
 # Runner API
-try:
+if sys.version_info >= (3, 7):
     from .metaflow_runner import Runner
-except RuntimeError:
-    pass
 
 __version_addl__ = []
 _ext_debug("Loading top-level modules")

metaflow/metaflow_runner.py

@@ -4,14 +4,6 @@
 import asyncio
 import tempfile
 from typing import Dict, Optional
-
-if sys.version_info < (3, 7):
-    raise RuntimeError(
-        """
-        The Metaflow Programmatic API is not supported for versions of Python less than 3.7
-    """
-    )
-
 from metaflow import Run
 from metaflow.subprocess_manager import SubprocessManager, CommandManager