#23873: Trying to import GIS without GEOS installed leads to obscure error
message
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Reporter: carljm | Owner: nobody
Type: Bug | Status: new
Component: GIS | Version: 1.7
Severity: Normal | Keywords:
Triage Stage: Unreviewed | Has patch: 0
Needs documentation: 0 | Needs tests: 0
Patch needs improvement: 0 | Easy pickings: 0
UI/UX: 0 |
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The error message is "cannot import name GEOSException."
Given that we already calculate a `HAS_GEOS` variable, it would not be
hard to issue a clearer message.
Here is an example of a new user being led quite a ways down a rabbit-hole
by the confusing message:
https://groups.google.com/forum/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer#!msg
/django-users/W3IBOBTQMyU/3F8xBVMAwsYJ
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