Thanks this is a fascinating conversation to follow. Cheers, Chris
On 6/29/17, 1:23 PM, "Mu Li" <[email protected] on behalf of [email protected]> wrote: +1 for Apache deep learning stack There are a few exciting projects such as NNVM, DLPack and TVM going on. On Thu, Jun 29, 2017 at 1:15 PM, Markus Weimer <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Jun 29, 2017 at 1:00 PM, Tianqi Chen <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Have a separate repo gives possibility of non-mxnet project to use it, > e.g. > > https://github.com/tqchen/tinyflow NVidia is also considering use NNVM > as > > their graph IR layer. Putting things into mxnet makes maintenance with > > MXNet easier. > > +1 on keeping it a separate artifact. However, that is not in conflict > to moving it into the MXNet project. There doesn't have to be a 1:1 > relationship between Apache projects and the artifacts they produce. > The Apache MXNet community could develop and maintain both mxnet and > nnvm. > > > The most ideal case would to have an Apache deep learning stack that > > contains NNVM, and MXNet etc. > > +1! There is no need for that to be a coordinated effort in one > project, though. As long as all the projects involved are somewhat > apprised of one another and there is community overlap, this can work > well. The example of that is the Apache Big Data stack, which consists > of many top- and sublevel projects that all, kinda sorta, work > together. > > Markus >
