TypeError: catching classes that do not inherit from BaseException is not allowed

[ZanSara]

Since release 0.5.0, MissingOptionalDependency is no more an Exception, which breaks all usages such as:

try:
    import hello
except MissingOptionalDependency as e:
    ....

as they now raise:

TypeError: catching classes that do not inherit from BaseException is not allowed

I don't want to sound pushy, but this makes 0.5.0 a big breaking release and I'll downgrade to 0.3.1 until the issue is resolved or the intentions of this change are at least clarified, so that I can use the library properly.

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As an aside, when you introduce "dangerous" changes, please do so in a PR, so in case of trouble I can track back what was happening, why and how should I adapt my code. Without any documentation to refer to or release notes or anything of this sort, I have no idea why the change was made and what to do now that my project is broken 😅

[Mandera]

Oh wow, I'm sorry about this, definitely a mistake on my part and I appreciate your feedback! I'm working on improving these lacking areas

I'm releasing a hotfix 0.5.1 as a temporary measure for other users