Make the presence of cmsis-pack-manager package optional

[bridadan]

Description

Currently, the 5.12.0 release candidates do not build in 0.4.0 Mbed Studio. This patch will allow you to use the "active program tools" in 5.12.0 projects to build correctly. The issue is that Mbed Studio has limited Python environment that does not contain the cmsis-pack-manager Python package. Since we can't install this at this time for Mbed Studio, this make the package optional so you can still compile and use the local CMSIS Pack index.

FYI @SenRamakri @thegecko

Pull request type

[x] Fix
[ ] Refactor
[ ] Target update
[ ] Functionality change
[ ] Docs update
[ ] Test update
[ ] Breaking change

Reviewers

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[theotherjimmy]

@arekzaluski Do you need this change for Studio?

[bridadan]

@theotherjimmy thanks for bringing @arekzaluski into the loop.

Yeah if at all possible, this should be in the final release candidate for 5.12.0 if the current version of Mbed Studion (0.4.0) is to have any way of using 5.12.0.

[cmonr]

Currently, the 5.12.0 release candidates do not build in 0.4.0 Mbed Studio.

That's unfortunate, but a pretty good reason to get this into RC3.

[cmonr]

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[0xc0170]

The issue is that Mbed Studio has limited Python environment that does not contain the cmsis-pack-manager Python package. Since we can't install this at this time for Mbed Studio, this make the package optional so you can still compile and use the local CMSIS Pack index.

Does that mean the next studio version will contain a fix for this ?

[0xc0170]

@arekzaluski Do you need this change for Studio?

Please let us know. This can go to master at least now

[arekzaluski]

@0xc0170 @bridadan @theotherjimmy Yes we need it, we will test it today in Mbed Studio. Thanks @bridadan