Thanks Przemyslaaw for leading and managing the 1.6 release! Moreover, thanks for clarifying the difference between code-freeze and release candidate.
Currently, log_softmax for Large Tensor would fail. It is fixed in this PR by Hao - https://github.com/apache/incubator-mxnet/pull/16711 It would be great to have that cherry-picked. Thanks Chai On Thu, 7 Nov 2019 at 17:33, Zhao, Patric <patric.z...@intel.com> wrote: > Thanks for the great efforts. > > I think below PR need to be backported to 1.6 for bugfix in large tensor > supports. > https://github.com/apache/incubator-mxnet/pull/16737 > > --Patric > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Przemysław Trędak <ptre...@apache.org> > > Sent: Friday, November 8, 2019 5:46 AM > > To: d...@mxnet.apache.org > > Subject: Re: MXNet 1.6.0 release > > > > Dear MXNet Community, > > > > From talking to different Members of the Community, I realized there is a > > misunderstanding of what "code freeze" actually means. Let me try to > clear > > this confusion in this email. > > > > The code freeze does not mean "1.6 release is done, let's vote on it and > ship > > it as-is". As some of You probably noticed, I did not tag a RC0 yet. > That is > > because code freeze means "there are no more new features going to be > > accepted in order to provide stable base for finding and fixing bugs". I > know > > of a few showstopper issues that need to be tackled before a release > > candidate can be made (mentioned in the previous email), so tagging a > > release candidate would not really make sense. > > > > I would like to repeat my call for action to test the release, create > issues and > > tag me on issues which need to be prioritized for the 1.6 release, as > well as > > help fixing those issues (the fixes will be cherry-picked to 1.6.x > branch). > > > > Thank you > > Przemek > > > > On 2019/11/02 03:11:55, Przemys��aw Tr��dak <ptre...@apache.org> > > wrote: > > > Dear MXNet Community, > > > > > > This morning I updated the 1.6.x branch and so the code freeze is in > effect. > > I would like to thank everyone who helped in preparing and reviewing pull > > requests to meet this deadline. > > > > > > Unfortunately, nightly tests do not currently pass (I created an issue > about > > this: [1]). Another issue [2] was raised to my attention as potential > release > > blocker. Please help in fixing those issues and also tag me on other > issues > > that you believe must be fixed before release. > > > > > > Thank you > > > Przemek > > > > > > [1] https://github.com/apache/incubator-mxnet/issues/16704 > > > [2] https://github.com/apache/incubator-mxnet/issues/16647 > > > > > > On 2019/10/25 14:24:49, Przemys��aw Tr��dak <ptre...@apache.org> > > wrote: > > > > Dear MXNet Community > > > > > > > > Last night I updated 1.6.x branch to point to current master. The > code > > freeze is now in effect. > > > > > > > > That said, since most of the features intended for 1.6 release are > still not > > fully finished (a few PRs for BERT GPU performance, multiple MKLDNN PRs, > > multiple PRs tagged NumPy etc.) we decided to go with a "soft" code > freeze > > approach. Only the PRs that are in the scope of 1.6 release will now be > > accepted into 1.6.x branch. The hard code freeze is planned next week, > Oct > > 31st. > > > > > > > > While contributors of those in-scope PRs and their reviewers work to > > meet that deadline, I would like to call for action for the rest of the > MXNet > > Community to test, raise issues and fix the bugs in the release. > > > > > > > > Thank you > > > > Przemek > > > > > > > > On 2019/10/11 00:00:34, Przemys��aw Tr��dak > > <ptre...@apache.org> wrote: > > > > > Hi MXNet Community, > > > > > > > > > > As the 1.5.1 patch release is done (many thanks Tao!), it is time > to > > prepare for the next minor release of MXNet - 1.6.0. > > > > > > > > > > I (ptrendx@github / ptredak@mxnet Slack) would like to manage the > > release of 1.6.0. As it will be the first time for me to manage a > release, Sam > > (samskalicky) and Lin (apeforest) agreed to help guiding me through the > > process. > > > > > > > > > > Thanks to Sheng there is a GitHub issue[1] listing major features > that > > should go into the 1.6.0, please add any features that you want included > > there. > > > > > > > > > > That said, as we target November for the release, to accommodate > for > > extensive testing and bugfixing, the code freeze date is set to October > 24th > > 23:59PST. Please reach out to me as soon as possible if you feel that > you will > > need an extension of that deadline for your feature. > > > > > > > > > > Sheng created a page on cwiki[2] about the release, I will > populate it > > with the information and tracked issues and PRs. > > > > > > > > > > Thank you and let's make the great 1.6.0 release together! > > > > > Przemek > > > > > > > > > > [1] https://github.com/apache/incubator-mxnet/issues/15589 > > > > > [2] > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MXNET/1.6.0+Release+Plan+a > > nd+Status > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- *Chaitanya Prakash Bapat* *+1 (973) 953-6299* [image: https://www.linkedin.com//in/chaibapat25] <https://github.com/ChaiBapchya>[image: https://www.facebook.com/chaibapat] <https://www.facebook.com/chaibapchya>[image: https://twitter.com/ChaiBapchya] <https://twitter.com/ChaiBapchya>[image: https://www.linkedin.com//in/chaibapat25] <https://www.linkedin.com//in/chaibapchya/>
