remove restarts + handle empty df

app.py

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ def restart_space():
     API.restart_space(repo_id=REPO_ID)
 
 ### Space initialisation
+"""
 try:
     print(EVAL_REQUESTS_PATH)
     snapshot_download(
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ try:
     )
 except Exception:
     restart_space()
-
+"""
 
 LEADERBOARD_DF = get_leaderboard_df(EVAL_RESULTS_PATH, EVAL_REQUESTS_PATH, COLS, BENCHMARK_COLS)
 
@@ -58,8 +59,8 @@ LEADERBOARD_DF = get_leaderboard_df(EVAL_RESULTS_PATH, EVAL_REQUESTS_PATH, COLS,
 ) = get_evaluation_queue_df(EVAL_REQUESTS_PATH, EVAL_COLS)
 
 def init_leaderboard(dataframe):
-    if dataframe is None or dataframe.empty:
-        raise ValueError("Leaderboard DataFrame is empty or None.")
+    #if dataframe is None or dataframe.empty:
+        #raise ValueError("Leaderboard DataFrame is empty or None.")
     return Leaderboard(
         value=dataframe,
         datatype=[c.type for c in fields(AutoEvalColumn)],