I went down the path for this and was disuaded by the errors I had and the open issues about the same errors. It's one thing to leave something around that works, but another to leave something around that wastes a lot of time and causes abandonment.
The project needs a mobile solution. What's there doesn't cut it, IMO. It needs some love... On Fri, Sep 6, 2019, 17:27 Naveen Swamy <mnnav...@gmail.com> wrote: > +1. > I have heard this before elsewhere if you don't understand the code, give > it a name like "hacky", "does not follow the pattern", "unmaintainable", > etc., may all that be true but it does not help making cliched and > disrespectful comments about someone else's contributions. > the code is not going on a ramp walk for a beauty contest. Instead of > subscribing to such software fallacies, it would help the community to make > a decision if concrete examples of limitations, drawbacks, missing features > are given. > > > > On Fri, Sep 6, 2019 at 3:56 PM Chris Olivier <cjolivie...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Hi Pedro, > > > > While I was not involved with amalgamation or its development in any way, > > can you please refrain from referring to the work of others as a "hacky > > solution"? This is derogatory slang and the statement was not supported > > with any justification for such name-calling. Someone spent a good deal > of > > time on this solution at some point in time and I am sure it worked for > its > > purpose at that time -- I think it was used in the original javascript > port > > as well, actually -- and it is disrespectful to call their efforts > > "hacky". Please respect what came before. > > > > Thanks for understanding, > > > > -Chris > > > > > > On Fri, Sep 6, 2019 at 3:07 PM Pedro Larroy < > pedro.larroy.li...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > Hi > > > > > > I would like to propose to remove amalgamation from MXNet and CI, users > > > have reported that they couldn't use it successfully in Android, and > > > instead they were able to use the cross compiled docker build > > successfully. > > > > > > Any reason why we shouldn't remove this hacky solution? > > > > > > Pedro. > > > > > >
