hgext/releasenotes.py

--- a/hgext/releasenotes.py	Mon Oct 16 22:51:58 2017 -0400
+++ b/hgext/releasenotes.py	Sun Oct 15 20:29:16 2017 +0530
@@ -218,7 +218,12 @@
     """
     Returns false when note fragment can be merged to existing notes.
     """
-    import fuzzywuzzy.fuzz as fuzz
+    try:
+        import fuzzywuzzy.fuzz as fuzz
+        fuzz.token_set_ratio
+    except ImportError:
+        return True
+
     merge = True
     for bullet in existingnotes:
         score = fuzz.token_set_ratio(incoming_str, bullet)