chore(container): drop vestigial local fallback, use sys.modules-alias bridge

pyproject.toml

@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ bridge = [
 
 # Container Module - Unified container management (Apptainer + Docker)
 # Use: pip install scitex[container]
-container = ["scitex-container"]
+container = ["scitex-container>=0.1.6"]
 
 # Browser Module - Web automation
 # Use: pip install scitex[browser]

src/scitex/container/__init__.py

@@ -1,65 +1,22 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
-"""SciTeX container management -- delegates to scitex-container package."""
+"""SciTeX container — thin compatibility shim for scitex-container.
 
-try:
-    # Re-export subnamespaces so umbrella users can write
-    # `stx.container.apptainer.build(...)` as well as the flattened
-    # `stx.container.build(...)`.
-    from scitex_container import apptainer, docker, env_snapshot, host
-    from scitex_container.apptainer import (
-        build,
-        build_dev_pythonpath,
-        build_exec_args,
-        build_host_mount_binds,
-        build_srun_command,
-        cleanup,
-        deploy,
-        detect_container_cmd,
-        find_containers_dir,
-        freeze,
-        get_active_version,
-        is_sandbox,
-        list_versions,
-        rollback,
-        sandbox_create,
-        sandbox_maintain,
-        sandbox_to_sif,
-        status,
-        switch_version,
-        verify,
-    )
+Aliases ``scitex.container`` to the standalone ``scitex_container`` package via
+``sys.modules`` so ``scitex.container is scitex_container`` and every
+sub-namespace (``scitex.container.apptainer``, ``.docker``, ``.host``,
+``.env_snapshot``) keeps resolving.
 
-    _BACKEND = "scitex-container"
-except ImportError:
-    from ._build import build
-    from ._freeze import freeze
-    from ._status import status
-    from ._utils import detect_container_cmd, find_containers_dir
-    from ._versioning import (
-        cleanup,
-        deploy,
-        get_active_version,
-        list_versions,
-        rollback,
-        switch_version,
-    )
+Install: ``pip install scitex[container]``  (or ``pip install scitex-container``).
+See: https://github.com/ywatanabe1989/scitex-container
+"""
 
-    _BACKEND = "local"
+import sys as _sys
 
-__all__ = [
-    "apptainer",
-    "build",
-    "cleanup",
-    "deploy",
-    "docker",
-    "env_snapshot",
-    "freeze",
-    "get_active_version",
-    "host",
-    "list_versions",
-    "rollback",
-    "status",
-    "switch_version",
-]
+try:
+    import scitex_container as _real
+except ImportError as _e:  # pragma: no cover
+    raise ImportError(
+        "scitex.container requires the 'scitex-container' package. "
+        "Install with: pip install scitex[container]  (or: pip install scitex-container)"
+    ) from _e
 
-# EOF
+_sys.modules[__name__] = _real