1. Build mxnet 1.8.0.rc3 from source on p3.16xl Ubuntu with cu11 Followed steps mentioned here: https://mxnet.apache.org/versions/1.7.0/get_started/ubuntu_setup
2. Ran all gluon related unit tests and all passed. cd tests/python/unittest/ for i in `ls | grep test_gluon`; do pytest $i; done Thanks a lot Sam, Sheng and the MXNet community for driving this release. *Tough things take a bit longer to complete. But often the rewards are very sweet!* Let's get this release to the finish line! Cheers, Chai On Wed, 20 Jan 2021 at 12:33, Evans, Joe <[email protected]> wrote: > +1 (built and tested mnist and ran unit tests.) > > Joe > > On 1/19/21, 3:11 PM, "Skalicky, Sam" <[email protected]> wrote: > > CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do > not click links or open attachments unless you can confirm the sender and > know the content is safe. > > > > Dear MXNet community, > > This is the vote to release Apache MXNet (incubating) version 1.8.0. > Voting will start January 19, 17:00:00 PT and close on January 21, 17:00:00 > PT. > > Link to release notes: > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MXNET/1.8.0+Release+Notes > > Link to release candidate: > https://github.com/apache/incubator-mxnet/releases/tag/1.8.0.rc3 > > Link to source and signatures on apache dist server: > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/incubator/mxnet/1.8.0.rc3 > > Please remember to TEST first before voting accordingly: > +1 = approve > +0 = no opinion > -1 = disapprove (provide reason) > > Here are the changes comparing to 1.8.0.rc2: > > * Extensions bugfixes > * Updated LICENSE & rat checker > * fix for R builds > * Upgrade to oneDNN v1.7 with required bugfixes > * Fix for testing with CUDA 11, remove cleanup on side threads > * Fix for building CUDA 11 with Windows > * Remove temporary fix for RNN in MKLDNN > > Best regards, > Sam Skalicky > > > > > -- *Chaitanya Prakash Bapat* *+1 (973) 953-6299* [image: https://www.linkedin.com//in/chaibapat25] <https://github.com/ChaiBapchya>[image: https://www.facebook.com/chaibapat] <https://www.facebook.com/chaibapchya>[image: https://twitter.com/ChaiBapchya] <https://twitter.com/ChaiBapchya>[image: https://www.linkedin.com//in/chaibapat25] <https://www.linkedin.com//in/chaibapchya/>
