Are any of the votes based on any measure of user impact, if we indeed decide not to fix the current problems?
-sz On Wed, Aug 29, 2018 at 1:29 PM Hagay Lupesko <lupe...@gmail.com> wrote: > +1 (non-binding) > Thanks for raising this Lin! > Are you suggesting to do it as part of MXNet 1.3? > > On Wed, Aug 29, 2018 at 9:14 AM Srivastava, Rohit Kumar < > srivastava....@buckeyemail.osu.edu> wrote: > > > +1 > > > > On 8/29/18, 8:39 AM, "sandeep krishnamurthy" < > sandeep.krishn...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > +1 Thanks for bringing this up. > > > > On Wed, Aug 29, 2018 at 6:38 AM Marco de Abreu > > <marco.g.ab...@googlemail.com.invalid> wrote: > > > > > +1 > > > > > > On Wed, Aug 29, 2018 at 1:08 PM kellen sunderland < > > > kellen.sunderl...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > +1 (non-binding) > > > > > > > > On Wed, Aug 29, 2018, 1:18 AM Anirudh Acharya < > > anirudhk...@gmail.com> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > +1 for discontinuing. > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Aug 28, 2018 at 4:11 PM Naveen Swamy < > mnnav...@gmail.com > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > +1 to stop supporting Win7 > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Aug 28, 2018 at 3:54 PM Lin Yuan < > apefor...@gmail.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > Dear Community, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Currently, our MXNet installation guide for Windows does > not > > work > > > for > > > > > > > Windows 7. e.g. Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 is not > > supported on > > > > > Windows > > > > > > 7 > > > > > > > < > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/support/vs2015/received-error-specified-program-requires-newer-version-windows/ > > > > > > > >. > > > > > > > In addition, MSFT ended “Mainstream” support for Windows 7 > > in 2015 > > > ( > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/13853/windows-lifecycle-fact-sheet > > > > > > > ). > > > > > > > Therefore, it is not possible for developers to build MXNet > > and > > > > verify > > > > > > the > > > > > > > fix on Windows 7 platform. Given that there have been > several > > > issues > > > > > > about > > > > > > > MXNet error on Windows 7 (issue#9271 > > > > > > > <https://github.com/apache/incubator-mxnet/issues/9271>, > > issue > > > #8921 > > > > > > > <https://github.com/apache/incubator-mxnet/issues/8921>, > > issue > > > > #11163 > > > > > > > <https://github.com/apache/incubator-mxnet/issues/11163>), > > it will > > > > > even > > > > > > > add > > > > > > > more burden on developers in the future if we were to > > continue > > > > > supporting > > > > > > > Windows 7. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I therefore would like to propose that we discontinue the > > support > > > of > > > > > > MXNet > > > > > > > on Windows 7 in the next release. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Specifically, this means the following required actions: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 1) state the discontinuation of Windows 7 support in the > > release > > > note > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 2) update the MXNet webpage if Windows version is > mentioned. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 3) update the open Github issues related to Windows 7 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Please share your thoughts about this proposal and/or > > suggest if > > > > there > > > > > is > > > > > > > any other missing action item from the above. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Best Regards, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Lin > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Sandeep Krishnamurthy > > > > > > >
