so the original email suggesting to remove was after all self-serving :)
let's encourage if someone wants to maintain and make use of the original
work and make it better.
-1 to remove at this point
P.S: I suggest to do some due diligence before bringing topics up for
discussion.
On Wed, Sep 11, 2019 at 8:10 AM Lv, Tao A wrote:
> Sorry to chime in.
>
> There is a PR to fix amalgamation. I was pinged several times to merge it
> but I don't think I have enough knowledge to do that. So it would be great
> if someone from this thread can help to review.
>
> https://github.com/apache/incubator-mxnet/pull/15303
>
> thanks,
> -tao
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Marco de Abreu
> Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2019 9:38 PM
> To: dev@mxnet.incubator.apache.org
> Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] Remove amalgamation
>
> Is Amalgamation only used on Android though? Are there any other use cases?
>
> -Marco
>
> Pedro Larroy schrieb am Mi., 11. Sep. 2019,
> 11:57:
>
> > Hi Anirudh
> >
> > Appreciate your feedback and sorry if my email came across that way to
> > you, I think you might miss some context. I don't think calling
> > something hacky is anything bad and isn't supposed to be the topic of
> > the discussion. It was reported as not working by users, hence the
> > original thread. It was a request for opinions from people who might
> > actually have tried to work in Mxnet on Android.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Pedro.
> >
> >
> > On Tuesday, September 10, 2019, Anirudh Subramanian
> > > >
> > wrote:
> > > Hi Pedro,
> > >
> > > I don't see anything "destructive" with Chris asking for
> > > justification
> > for
> > > you calling something "hacky". The only email in this thread where I
> > > see
> > ad
> > > hominems and disrespectful comments is your email.
> > >
> > > On Sat, Sep 7, 2019, 10:18 PM Pedro Larroy
> > > > >
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > >> Apache mentors should have a look at these reincident harassment
> > >> and destructive behaviors which demotivate contributions and take
> > >> action. It takes only one bad apple to ruin a community.
> > >>
> > >> The mobile solution that is known to work as of know is cross
> > >> compiling with "ci/build.py -p build.android_armv8" or
> > >> "build.android_armv7". The only advantage of amalgamation is to
> > >> provide a smaller binary that we
> > could
> > >> accomplish with the C preprocessor.
> > >>
> > >> My technical contributions speak for themselves, including porting
> > >> MXNet
> > to
> > >> Android and ARM and helping many users run MXNet in Jetson,
> > >> Raspberry Pi and Android amongst many other topics. I have never
> > >> been disrespectful
> > to
> > >> anyone. I'm entitled to my own technical opinions about
> > >> amalgamation or
> > any
> > >> other piece of code whatsoever, that's no personal disrespect to
> > >> anyone
> > and
> > >> perfectly valid. If you are not interested in this project anymore,
> > >> do
> > us
> > >> all a favor and stop trolling and being toxic. If you want my
> > >> respect,
> > step
> > >> up your technical contributions, be positive and encourage others,
> > >> this including commits, I haven't seen for many months, please be
> > >> positive
> > and
> > >> constructive. This scorched-earth attitude is only reflecting bad
> > >> on
> > you.
> > >> I'm certainly not interested in your ad-hominems or unasked for
> > technical
> > >> advice, which to be honest, showing poor judgment and ignorance.
> > >> Myself and others have come up with numbers, graphs, metrics and
> > >> arguments and have been met with dismissal, trolling and
> > >> sea-lioning. I have recieved your insults via public and private
> > >> channels (such as linkedin) as have others. This is not ok and has
> > >> to stop. If you have something personal against me or against your
> > >> former employer, this is not the right place
> > or
> > >> forum.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> On Fri, Sep 6, 2019 at 3:56 PM Chris Olivier
> > >>
> > >> 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:
> > >> >
