[BUG] ImportError: cannot import name 'StringMethods' from 'pandas.core.strings'

[Kiril Gashteovski]

Describe the bug
When I try to import DataPanel from meerkat with:

from meerkat import DataPanel
I get the following error:

ImportError: cannot import name 'StringMethods' from 'pandas.core.strings'
To Reproduce
Steps and code snippet that reproduce the behavior:

1. Code snippet: from meerkat import DataPanel
2. Instructions (Run '...'): run this simple script with the import. The same happens when I try to import meerkat in general:
   import meerkat
3. Errors and traceback:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "c:\workspace\summvis\summvis.py", line 11, in <module>
    from meerkat import DataPanel
  File "C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\anaconda3\envs\summvis_venv2\lib\site-packages\meerkat\__init__.py", line 12, in <module>
    from meerkat.columns.audio_column import AudioColumn
  File "C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\anaconda3\envs\summvis_venv2\lib\site-packages\meerkat\columns\audio_column.py", line 7, in <module>
    from .file_column import FileColumn
  File "C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\anaconda3\envs\summvis_venv2\lib\site-packages\meerkat\columns\file_column.py", line 12, in <module>
    from meerkat.columns.pandas_column import PandasSeriesColumn
  File "C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\anaconda3\envs\summvis_venv2\lib\site-packages\meerkat\columns\pandas_column.py", line 29, in <module>
    from pandas.core.strings import StringMethods
ImportError: cannot import name 'StringMethods' from 'pandas.core.strings' (C:\Users\user\AppData\Local\anaconda3\envs\summvis_venv2\lib\site-packages\pandas\core\strings\__init__.py)

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Expected behavior
This should not raise exceptions

System Information

• OS: Windows
• Versions for RG and relevant dependencies: meerkat-ml (v0.2.4)

[Kiril Gashteovski]

Solved this by downgrading pandas to 1.4.1