html_url,issue_url,id,node_id,user,created_at,updated_at,author_association,body,reactions,performed_via_github_app,issue https://github.com/pydata/xarray/issues/6726#issuecomment-1265717585,https://api.github.com/repos/pydata/xarray/issues/6726,1265717585,IC_kwDOAMm_X85LcVFR,2448579,2022-10-03T16:27:42Z,2022-10-03T16:27:42Z,MEMBER,"> his could be replaced by importlib.util.find_spec. Nice. Does it work on python 3.8? > However, many backends also check for ImportErrors (not ModuleNotFoundError) that occur when a library is not correctly installed. I am not sure if in this case the backend should simply be disabled like it is now (At least cfgrib is raising a warning instead)? > Would it be a problem if this error is only appearing when actually trying to open a file Sounds OK to error when trying to use the backend. ","{""total_count"": 0, ""+1"": 0, ""-1"": 0, ""laugh"": 0, ""hooray"": 0, ""confused"": 0, ""heart"": 0, ""rocket"": 0, ""eyes"": 0}",,1284475176