solaar: make hid-parser an optional dependency

.gitmodules

@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-[submodule "python-hid-parser"]
-	path = python-hid-parser
-	url = https://github.com/usb-tools/python-hid-parser

docs/installation.md

@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@ layout: page
 
 ## Downloading
 
-Clone Solaar from GitHub by `git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/pwr-Solaar/Solaar.git`.
-Make sure that the submodule python-hid-parser was cloned, i.e., the directory `python-hid-parser` has content.
+Clone Solaar from GitHub by `git clone https://github.com/pwr-Solaar/Solaar.git`.
 
 ## Requirements for Solaar
 
@@ -33,6 +32,11 @@ in Fedora you need `gtk3` and `python3-gobject`.
 You may have to install `gcc` and the Python development package (`python3-dev` or `python3-devel`,
 depending on your distribution).
 
+If the `hid_parser` Python package is available, Solaar parses HID report descriptors
+and can control more HID++ devices that do not use a receiver.
+This package may not be available in some distributions but can be installed using pip
+via `pip install --user hid-parser`.
+
 If you are running a version of Python different from the system version,
 you may need to use pip to install projects that provide the above Python packages.
 

lib/hid_parser

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../python-hid-parser/hid_parser

lib/hidapi/udev.py

@@ -36,8 +36,6 @@ from select import select as _select
 from time import sleep
 from time import time as _timestamp
 
-from hid_parser import ReportDescriptor as _ReportDescriptor
-from hid_parser import Usage as _Usage
 from pyudev import Context as _Context
 from pyudev import Device as _Device
 from pyudev import DeviceNotFoundError
@@ -103,8 +101,13 @@ def _match(action, device, filterfn):
     if not hid_id:
         return  # there are reports that sometimes the id isn't set up right so be defensive
     bid, vid, pid = hid_id.split(':')
+    hid_hid_device = hid_device.find_parent('hid')
+    if hid_hid_device:
+        return  # these are devices connected through a receiver so don't pick them up here
 
     try:  # if report descriptor does not indicate HID++ capabilities then this device is not of interest to Solaar
+        from hid_parser import ReportDescriptor as _ReportDescriptor
+        from hid_parser import Usage as _Usage
         hidpp_short = hidpp_long = False
         devfile = '/sys' + hid_device.get('DEVPATH') + '/report_descriptor'
         with fileopen(devfile, 'rb') as fd:
@@ -122,9 +125,6 @@ def _match(action, device, filterfn):
     except Exception as e:  # if can't process report descriptor fall back to old scheme
         hidpp_short = hidpp_long = None
         _log.warn('Report Descriptor not processed for BID %s VID %s PID %s: %s', bid, vid, pid, e)
-    hid_hid_device = hid_device.find_parent('hid')
-    if hid_hid_device:
-        return  # these are devices connected through a receiver so don't pick them up here
 
     filter = filterfn(int(bid, 16), int(vid, 16), int(pid, 16), hidpp_short, hidpp_long)
     if not filter:

python-hid-parser

@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 4b7944f4999e152c678cd7fa76278b7e2535c3ff

setup.py

@@ -67,8 +67,12 @@ For instructions on installing Solaar see https://pwr-solaar.github.io/Solaar/in
         'python-xlib (>= 0.27)',
         'psutil (>= 5.4.3)',
     ],
+    extras_require={
+        'report-descriptor': ['hid-parser'],
+        'desktop-notifications': ['Notify (>= 0.7)'],
+    },
     package_dir={'': 'lib'},
-    packages=['keysyms', 'hidapi', 'hid_parser', 'logitech_receiver', 'solaar', 'solaar.ui', 'solaar.cli'],
+    packages=['keysyms', 'hidapi', 'logitech_receiver', 'solaar', 'solaar.ui', 'solaar.cli'],
     data_files=list(_data_files()),
     scripts=_glob('bin/*'),
 )