[BEAM-2320] Update DataflowRunner dependency check for Google / Apache Beam Distribution

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: P2
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 2.3.0
• Component/s: sdk-py-core
• Assignee: Valentyn Tymofieiev
• Reporter: Charles Chen
• Created: 18/May/17 18:04
• Updated: 16/May/20 13:33
• Resolved: 23/Dec/17 07:54

Description

Currently, the DataflowRunner dependency check for Google / Apache Beam Distribution is fragile and does a string match against the BEAM_CONTAINER_VERSION. We should make this instead depend on whether the Google distribution of Apache Beam is installed.