allenai / allenai/cached_path

Optional dependencies for GCS/S3/HuggingFace-Hub?

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Hi, big fan of the project!

`cached_path` is certainly very capable because of the support for GCS/S3/HuggingFace out of the box, but one issue is that it seems to bring a lot of dependency baggage for situations that really only require HTTP/local path functionality.

For example, one project I am working with relies on the HTTP and local cache path functionality, but [there are conflicts](https://github.com/sidharthrajaram/StyleTTS2/issues/16#issue-2172405345) due to the `boto3` package. It's kind of like a printer refusing to print black-and-white when there is no magenta ink.

To that end, I'm curious whether there's interest in making the HF/S3/GCS dependencies optional? I can make a PR if needed! Thank you!

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