Merge pull request #315 from zillow/tz/remove-absl

remove absl-py dependency

kfp/containers/entrypoint.py

@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@
 
 from typing import Dict, NamedTuple, Optional, Union
 
-from absl import logging
+# talebz: remove the need for absl by using logging instead
+# from absl import logging
+import logging
 import fire
 from google.protobuf import json_format
 import os

kfp/containers/entrypoint_utils.py

@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-from absl import logging
+# talebz: remove the need for absl by using logging instead
+# from absl import logging
+import logging
 import importlib
 import sys
 from typing import Callable, Dict, Optional, Union

kfp/dsl/artifact.py

@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@
 
 from typing import Any, Dict, Optional
 
-from absl import logging
+# talebz: remove the need for absl by using logging instead
+# from absl import logging
+import logging
 import enum
 import importlib
 import jsonschema

setup.py

@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
         "boto3",
         "pylint",
         # required for KFP
-        "absl-py>=0.9,<=0.11",
         "Deprecated>=1.2.7,<2",
         "docstring-parser>=0.7.3,<1",
         "fire>=0.3.1,<1",