& yarnabrina [ENH] prevent imports in _check_soft_dependencies
#340
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The
_check_soft_dependencies
utility had inefficiencies and side effects, because to check the soft dependency being present, an import would be attempted, which can lead to circular imports or casacding imports.This PR replaces the logic with an import-free check.
It also deprecates the argument
suppress_import_stdout
, as there is no longer any import, hence nostdout
output that would be created.Mirror of sktime/sktime#6355 which includes contributions by @yarnabrina, and of sktime/sktime#6719