My +1 on the R binding. Tested with
- Build from source - Install the R package and check it passed all tests. On 2020/07/10 18:31:27, Patrick Mu <zm2...@columbia.edu> wrote: > Hi Ciyong, > > I just discovered an issue with the 1.7, which causes the Yolo training with > latest Gluon CV Yolo to fail. > > The PR that causes the failure is > https://github.com/apache/incubator-mxnet/pull/18358, which modifies basic > blocks of Gluon to fix a memory leak issue. > > Talked with Leonard, the author of the PR, and he said he found the root > cause, but patching that PR would modifies those Gluon basic blocks further, > which might be risky towards existing models and various customer models. > > So my 2-cents is reverting this PR in 1.7, and try patching the PR in 1.x and > 2.0, meaning that the 1.7 won't have memory usage optimized by that feature. > > I'd like to hear what you think about this issue. > > Thanks, > Ziyi > > > On 2020/07/10 06:18:02, "Chen, Ciyong" <ciyong.c...@intel.com> wrote: > > Hi Community, > > > > I would like to call for action to test/validate/vote for the release > > candidate (1.7.0.rc0) > > As there's not any voting result during the scheduled time window, I would > > like to extend the time windows to July 13, 23:59:59 PST. > > Please prepare your time and provide feedback if you've tried with the > > pre-release code bases, thanks! > > > > Best regards, > > Ciyong > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Chen, Ciyong <ciyong.c...@intel.com> > > Sent: Monday, July 6, 2020 10:48 PM > > To: d...@mxnet.apache.org > > Cc: Bob Paulin <b...@apache.org>; Henri Yandell <bay...@apache.org>; Jason > > Dai <jason...@apache.org>; Markus Weimer <wei...@apache.org>; Michael Wall > > <mjw...@apache.org> > > Subject: RE: [VOTE] Release Apache MXNet (incubating) version 1.7.0.rc0 > > > > For the language bindings and windows platform, may I have your support to > > help verify these features? Thanks! > > > > @lanking520 to help verify the Scala/Java @gigasquid to help verify the > > Clojure > > @hetong007 to help verify the R > > @yajiedesign to help verify the windows platform > > > > Best regards, > > Ciyong Chen > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Chen, Ciyong <ciyong.c...@intel.com> > > Sent: Monday, July 6, 2020 10:39 PM > > To: d...@mxnet.apache.org > > Cc: Bob Paulin <b...@apache.org>; Henri Yandell <bay...@apache.org>; Jason > > Dai <jason...@apache.org>; Markus Weimer <wei...@apache.org>; Michael Wall > > <mjw...@apache.org> > > Subject: [VOTE] Release Apache MXNet (incubating) version 1.7.0.rc0 > > > > Dear MXNet community, > > > > This is the vote to release Apache MXNet (incubating) version 1.7.0. Voting > > will start July 6, 23:59:59 PST and close on July 9, 23:59:59 PST. > > > > Link to release notes: > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MXNET/1.7.0+Release+notes > > > > Link to release candidate: > > https://github.com/apache/incubator-mxnet/releases/tag/1.7.0.rc0 > > > > Link to source and signatures on apache dist server: > > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/incubator/mxnet/1.7.0.rc0<https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/incubator/mxnet/1.7.0.rc0/> > > > > Please remember to TEST first before voting accordingly: > > +1 = approve > > +0 = no opinion > > -1 = disapprove (provide reason) > > > > Additional notes: > > > > * There was an issue and discussion[1] regarding on a few numpy > > operators failed due to numpy 1.19.0 released on Jun 20, 2020, which exists > > in all branches (works with numpy <= 1.18.5). As numpy operator is still an > > experimental feature in 1.7.0 release and mainly targeting in MXNet 2.0 > > release, so I decided to not block the voting and instead let the Community > > decide whether this is a blocker for the release. > > > > [1] https://github.com/apache/incubator-mxnet/issues/18600 > > > > Best regards, > > Ciyong Chen > > > > >
