Dear MXNet Community, Heres an update on the 1.8.0 release process:
The vote on general@ has passed [1]. I have tagged the final release on github [2] and removed the rc tags. We're still working addressing a packaging issue with the pip wheels to make them ASF compliant (there is an issue with static linking Nvidia libraries). After [3] is completed we'll backport to 1.8.x branch and build the wheels through the CD and then publish to PyPI. Thanks, Sam [1] https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r686e304f9c354b21ad1aa94aa0620ba4cb2a3207bafab101ed303d41%40%3Cgeneral.incubator.apache.org%3E [2] https://github.com/apache/incubator-mxnet/releases/tag/1.8.0 [3] https://github.com/apache/incubator-mxnet/pull/19974 On 2021/01/22 20:03:27, "Skalicky, Sam" <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear MXNet Community, > > Im happy to announce the results of the vote. > This vote passes with 8 +1 votes (3 binding) and no 0 or -1 votes > > +1 votes > * Sheng Zha (binding) > * Joe Evans > * Chaitanya Bapat > * Manu Seth > * Wei Chu > * Sandeep Krishamurthy (binding) > * Zhaoqi Zhu > * Przemysław Trędak (binding) > > 0 votes > * No votes > > -1 votes > * No votes > > Vote thread can be found here [1]. The list of members can be found here [2]. > > I'll continue with the release process and update the community as progress > is made. > > Best regards, > Sam Skalicky > > [1] > https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r42511b3c24a6df9f07a502dd0afd9db514b2592c30c26b90ffbd36ce%40%3Cdev.mxnet.apache.org%3E > > [2] http://incubator.apache.org/projects/mxnet.html > > On 1/22/21, 9:58 AM, "[email protected] on behalf of Przemysław > Trędak" <[email protected] on behalf of [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. > > > > +1 > > Built the 1.8.0.rc3 from source and ran the unittests on V100, T4, > GeForce RTX and A100 GPUs. > > On 2021/01/20 23:35:40, Manu Seth <[email protected]> wrote: > > +1 > > > > I built MXNet tag 1.8.0.rc3 from source following instructions on [1] > using > > cmake config file [2] on an Ubuntu 18.04 Deep Learning Base AMI, with > CUDA > > v11.0 and cuDNN v8.0.2, and tested it by running all non operator tests > in > > tests/python/gpu/ folder. > > > > [1] > > > https://github.com/apache/incubator-mxnet/blob/1.8.0.rc3/docs/static_site/src/pages/get_started/build_from_source.md#building-mxnet > > [2] > > > https://github.com/apache/incubator-mxnet/blob/1.8.0.rc3/config/linux_gpu.cmake > > > > Best, > > Manu Seth > > > > On Wed, Jan 20, 2021 at 12:36 PM Chaitanya Bapat <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > 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/> > > > > > > >
