Hi Sheng, since this is a "large one off code contribution", the policy [1] states that they should be brought in through a software grant.
Best regards, Marco [1]: https://www.apache.org/foundation/how-it-works/legal.html On Fri, Jun 12, 2020 at 11:41 PM Sheng Zha <zhash...@apache.org> wrote: > To mentors, > > Do we the PPMC need to fill out IP clearance for this code donation? > > -sz > > On 2019/04/24 21:19:49, Sheng Zha <zhash...@apache.org> wrote: > > The community has agreed to donate mshadow to the mxnet code base. I > will start the migration and build logic changes soon. > > > > -sz > > > > On 2019/04/07 21:47:39, Sheng Zha <zhash...@apache.org> wrote: > > > I agree it would make development easier to donate mshadow to mxnet > code base, since mshadow is only used in MXNet. I support donating the > mshadow code to mxnet and I started an RFC for this in mshadow [1]. > > > > > > [1] https://github.com/dmlc/mshadow/issues/373 > > > > > > -sz > > > > > > On 2019/04/06 04:38:19, Tianqi Chen <tqc...@cs.washington.edu> wrote: > > > > Technically, mshadow is sufficient for MXNet. Adopting other > libraries ( > > > > eigen or xtensor) will unnecessarily increase the codebase complexity > > > > without any additional gains. > > > > > > > > Given that mshadow is only used by mxnet. I do support donating it > into > > > > mxnet codebase. > > > > To respect the original mshadow community. I would recommend > starting a > > > > community RFC In the mshadow github issue for a week, before we > start the > > > > migrating process. > > > > Also, I would recommend a rebase merge just like the case of > MXNet.jl code > > > > base to preserve the contribution history. > > > > > > > > Tianqi > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Apr 5, 2019 at 9:25 PM Alfredo Luque > > > > <alfredo.lu...@airbnb.com.invalid> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Do you have a link to both of these proposals? > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Apr 5, 2019 at 20:14 Anirudh Acharya < > anirudhk...@gmail.com> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Hi Pedro, > > > > > > > > > > > > mshadow is mostly used for tensor arithmetic. There have been > discussions > > > > > > about including it within mxnet. I think it is a good idea. > > > > > > > > > > > > As a more long term solution using libraries like eigen to > perform linear > > > > > > algebra operations was also suggested by anirudh2290@. I think > xtensor( > > > > > > https://github.com/QuantStack/xtensor ) can also be a candidate > here. > > > > > > > > > > > > - > > > > > > Anirudh > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Apr 5, 2019 at 7:03 PM Pedro Larroy < > > > > > pedro.larroy.li...@gmail.com> > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Some developers have noticed that working in mshadow is > cumbersome as > > > > > > > it's a 3rdparty subrepo. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Since mshadow is a bunch of headers which don't have much of > > > > > > > independent tests / library functionality, me and other > developers > > > > > > > believe that it would be good to assimilate this code in the > > > > > > > repository for ease of contribution and changes without having > to go > > > > > > > trough contortions to test PRs that modify mshadow. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Would anybody oppose this change? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks and have a nice weekend. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Pedro. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
