Wouldn’t this break users who are on 1.2.0 and used our API correctly? Why do 
we have to revert load_params, given that it’s backward compatible?

-sz

> On Jun 25, 2018, at 6:30 PM, Anirudh <anirudh2...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> 1.2.1 (load_params) is backward compatible with 1.1.0 not with 1.2.0.
> It does not adhere exactly with semver but it had to be made, to quickly
> help our customers who were using the APIs incorrectly.
> 
> Anirudh
> 
>> On Mon, Jun 25, 2018 at 5:42 PM, Sheng Zha <szha....@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> save_parameters didn't exist in 1.2.0 so its addition usually isn't
>> supposed to happen in a patch release if we stick to semantic versioning. I
>> couldn't find a discussion on this exception. Did it happen?
>> 
>> Would people who used 1.2.0 to save models be able to load parameters in
>> 1.2.1 using the reverted load_params? (i.e. is it backward compatible)
>> 
>> -sz
>> 
>> 
>>> On Mon, Jun 25, 2018 at 4:07 PM, Anirudh <anirudh2...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi Mu,
>>> 
>>> The warining currently printed is "save_params is deprecated. Please use
>>> save_parameters."
>>> Isn't this similar to what you are suggesting ?
>>> 
>>> Anirudh
>>> 
>>>> On Mon, Jun 25, 2018 at 3:47 PM, Mu Li <muli....@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> v1.2.1 will print a deprecating warning message when calling
>>>> save_params. We should tell users clearly to replace "save_params" with
>>>> "save_parameters" or something else.
>>>> 
>>>> On Mon, Jun 18, 2018 at 6:52 PM, Anirudh <anirudh2...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>> 
>>>>> This is the vote to release Apache MXNet (incubating) version 1.2.1.
>>>> Voting
>>>>> will start now and close Thursday June 21st 7:00 PM PDT.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Link to release candidate 1.2.1.rc0:
>>>>> 
>>>>> https://github.com/apache/incubator-mxnet/releases/tag/1.2.1.rc0
>>>>> 
>>>>> View this page for installation instructions:
>>>>> 
>>>>> https://mxnet.incubator.apache.org/install/index.html
>>>>> 
>>>>> (Note: The README.md points to the 1.2.1 tag and does not work at the
>>>>> moment).
>>>>> 
>>>>> Please remember to test first before voting accordingly.
>>>>> 
>>>>> +1 = approve
>>>>> +0 = no opinion
>>>>> -1 = disapprove (provide reason)
>>>>> 
>>>>> Anirudh
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
>> 

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