ICU: make optional

client/README.md

@@ -34,17 +34,37 @@ but it is not officially supported.
 
 **Download and extract [the latest release zip `dwh-migration-tools-vX.X.X.zip`](https://github.com/google/dwh-migration-tools/releases/latest).**
 
-Python ≥ 3.7.2 is required, as well as the additional local dependencies
-`pkg-config` and `libicu-dev`. Typical commands for installing these
-dependencies on a Debian-based Linux distribution such as Ubuntu would be:
+### Python
+
+Python ≥ 3.7.2 is required.
+You can check whether you have a recent enough version of Python installed by
+running the command `python3 --version`.
+
+You must also have the Python `pip` and `venv` modules installed. Altogether,
+the distribution-specific commands to install these are:
+
+* Debian-based distros: `sudo apt install python3-pip python3-venv`
+* Red Hat-based distros: `sudo yum install python38 python38-pip` (for e.g. Python
+  3.8)
+
+### Support for Encodings other than UTF-8
+
+If all of the files you wish to translate are UTF-8 encoded
+(this is commonly the case), you can skip this section.
+Otherwise, you will need to install additional system dependencies:
+
+* Debian-based distros: `sudo apt install pkg-config libicu-dev`
+* RedHat-based distros: `sudo yum install gcc gcc-c++ libicu-devel
+  python38-devel`
+
+**You must also remember**, upon reaching the step to `pip install` further down
+in the Quickstart section below, to use this command instead:
 
 ```shell
-sudo apt update
-sudo apt install -y python3-pip python3-venv pkg-config libicu-dev
+pip install ../dwh-migration-tools/client[icu]
 ```
 
-You can check whether you have a recent enough version of Python installed by
-running the command `python3 --version`.
+### GCP
 
 You need a GCP project and a Google Cloud Storage bucket to use for uploading
 your input SQL files and downloading the translated output. [Learn how to

client/bqms_run/encoding.py

@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@
 
 import logging
 
-import icu
-
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
@@ -25,14 +23,35 @@ class EncodingDetector:
     An encoding detector.
     """
 
+    DEFAULT_ENCODING = "utf-8"
+    has_logged_fallback_warning = False
+
     def detect(self, data: bytes) -> str:
         """
         Detect the encoding of the provided bytes, return the encoding name.
         """
-        encoding = icu.CharsetDetector(data).detect().getName()
-        if not isinstance(encoding, str):
-            return "utf-8"
-        return encoding
+        try:
+            # pylint: disable-next=import-outside-toplevel
+            import icu
+
+            encoding = icu.CharsetDetector(data).detect().getName()
+            if not isinstance(encoding, str):
+                return EncodingDetector.DEFAULT_ENCODING
+            return encoding
+        # pylint: disable-next=broad-exception-caught
+        except Exception as ex:
+            # any ICU-related exceptions should not halt execution,
+            # just assume UTF-8
+            if not EncodingDetector.has_logged_fallback_warning:
+                # only print a single per-process warning to avoid log noise
+                EncodingDetector.has_logged_fallback_warning = True
+                logger.warning(
+                    # pylint: disable-next=line-too-long
+                    "PyICU is either not available or misconfigured; assuming default encoding of %s (cause: %s)",
+                    EncodingDetector.DEFAULT_ENCODING,
+                    ex,
+                )
+            return EncodingDetector.DEFAULT_ENCODING
 
     def decode(self, data: bytes) -> str:
         """

client/pyproject.toml

@@ -15,7 +15,10 @@ PyYAML = "^6.0"
 marshmallow = "^3.17.1"
 cloudpathlib = "^0.10.0"
 typing-extensions = "^4.4.0"
-PyICU = "^2.10.2"
+PyICU = { version = "^2.10.2", optional = true }
+
+[tool.poetry.extras]
+icu = ["PyICU"]
 
 [tool.poetry.dev-dependencies]
 black = "22.6.0"