IMO, either major or minor is fine, not just patch ;)
> On Aug 30, 2018, at 2:34 AM, Lv, Tao A <tao.a...@intel.com> wrote:
>
> If we really want to discontinue the support on Win7, maybe it should happen
> in a major release like 2.0.0.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dev-return-4003-tao.a.lv=intel....@mxnet.incubator.apache.org
> [mailto:dev-return-4003-tao.a.lv=intel....@mxnet.incubator.apache.org]
> Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2018 2:21 PM
> To: dev@mxnet.incubator.apache.org
> Subject: Re: Propose to discontinue supporting Apache MXNet on Windows 7
>
> Hi Hagay,
>
> To minimize the impact to existing customers, I suggest we support MXNe 1.3
> installation on Windows but defer all the bug fix to Windows 10 version and
> ask users to migrate. Then we officially discontinue the support on Windows
> 7 in the 1.4 release.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Lin
>
> 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-sp
>> ecified-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
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
