Re: [VOTE] Release Apache MXNet (incubating) version 1.7.0.rc1

[Aston Zhang]

+1
Passed d2l-en v0.14.1: https://github.com/d2l-ai/d2l-en/releases/tag/v0.14.1

On Thu, Jul 16, 2020 at 2:34 AM Chen, Ciyong  wrote:

> Dear MXNet community,
>
> This is the vote to release Apache MXNet (incubating) version 1.7.0.
> Voting will start 16th July 23:59:59 PST and close on 19th July 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.rc1
>
> Link to source and signatures on apache dist server:
> https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/incubator/mxnet/1.7.0.rc1
>
> Please remember to TEST first before voting accordingly:
> +1 = approve
> +0 = no opinion
> -1 = disapprove (provide reason)
>
> Here's the changes comparing to 1.7.0.rc0:
>
>   *   Revert "Fix memory leaks in Gluon (#18328) (#18358) (#18692)
>   *   revise activations (#18700)
>   *   Fix the monitor_callback invalid issue during calibration with
> variable input shapes (#18632) (#18703)
>
>
> Best regards,
> Ciyong Chen
>

Re: [VOTE] Release Apache MXNet (incubating) version 1.7.0.rc0

[Aston Zhang]

+1

Tested:

mxnet 1.7.0rc0-cu101 passed d2l-en v0.14.0

On Fri, Jul 10, 2020 at 12:27 PM Qing Lan  wrote:

> My +1 (binding) on 1.7.0
>
> Tested:
>
>   *   Build from Source with static build instruction
>   *   Tested Scala pacakge and passed all tests
>
> Thanks,
> Qing
>
> 
> From: Tao Lv 
> Sent: Friday, July 10, 2020 0:03
> To: dev@mxnet.incubator.apache.org 
> Cc: d...@mxnet.apache.org ; Bob Paulin <
> b...@apache.org>; Henri Yandell ; Jason Dai <
> jason...@apache.org>; Markus Weimer ; Michael Wall <
> mjw...@apache.org>
> Subject: Re: [VOTE] Release Apache MXNet (incubating) version 1.7.0.rc0
>
> +1 (binding)
>
> I did:
> - Verify the key and signature;
> - Untar the source code package;
> - Build from source code with makefile, USE_BLAS=mkl, USE_MKLDNN=1;
> - Check mx.__version__;
> - Run benchmark_score.py under examples/image-classification.
>
> -tao
>
> On Fri, Jul 10, 2020 at 2:18 PM Chen, Ciyong 
> 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 
> > Sent: Monday, July 6, 2020 10:48 PM
> > To: d...@mxnet.apache.org
> > Cc: Bob Paulin ; Henri Yandell ;
> Jason
> > Dai ; Markus Weimer ; Michael
> > Wall 
> > 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 
> > Sent: Monday, July 6, 2020 10:39 PM
> > To: d...@mxnet.apache.org
> > Cc: Bob Paulin ; Henri Yandell ;
> Jason
> > Dai ; Markus Weimer ; Michael
> > Wall 
> > 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
> >
> >
>

Re: [VOTE] Release Apache MXNet (incubating) version 1.4.1.rc0

[Aston Zhang]

+1 (non-binding)

Passed all the code at zh.d2l.ai

On Thu, May 2, 2019 at 1:46 PM Joshua Z. Zhang  wrote:

> +1 (non-binding)
>
> Build from source with cuda/cudnn.
>
> - All tests passed
> - GluonCV unittest scripts passed
> - GluonCV training scripts passed
> - No issue with python multiprocessing
>
> Best,
> Zhi
> > On May 2, 2019, at 11:34 AM, kellen sunderland <
> kellen.sunderl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > +1 (non-binding)
> >
> > I checked TRT integration builds and tests pass.
> > MD5s
> > Sigs look good.
> >
> > -Kellen
> >
> > On Thu, May 2, 2019 at 10:51 AM Damien Stanton  >
> > wrote:
> >
> >> +1 (binding)
> >>
> >> Built from source / Scala / Clojure. All tests pass. The only issue of
> >> minor note: The macOS build guide indicates a directive `brew install
> >> opencv` however this installs OpenCV 4, which is currently incompatible
> >> with mxnet and causes a failed build. The guide should specify `brew
> >> install opencv@3` until/if version 4 is supported.
> >>
> >> Best,
> >> Damien
> >>
> >> On Thu, May 2, 2019 at 12:53 PM Lai Wei  wrote:
> >>
> >>> +1
> >>>
> >>> Built from source and tested keras-mxnet working fine.
> >>>
> >>> Best Regards
> >>>
> >>> Lai
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Wed, May 1, 2019 at 4:22 PM Carin Meier 
> wrote:
> >>>
>  + 1 (binding)
> 
>  Built Scala/ Clojure and ran tests
> 
>  On Wed, May 1, 2019 at 7:06 PM Aaron Markham <
> >> aaron.s.mark...@gmail.com>
>  wrote:
> 
> > Make that +1 (non-binding)
> >
> > On Wed, May 1, 2019 at 3:42 PM Aaron Markham <
> >>> aaron.s.mark...@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> +1 (binding)
> >>
> >> * Built with GPU and tested the first part of the ssd example.
> >> * Built with GPU / cross-compiled to arm8 for Jetson.
> >> * Built Scala/Java on top of the cross-compiled arm8 (ran into
> >>> trouble
> >> here, but I think this is not popular enough yet to derail things,
> >> plus there are workarounds)
> >> * Built on CPU instance and tested docs.
> >> http://34.201.8.176/versions/1.4.1/api/python/io/io.html
> >> I don't see anything specific being different in this patch for
> >> docs,
> >> so hard to tell if there's an issue. I'll assume not given the
> >> successful generation of the API docs.
> >>
> >>
> >> On Wed, May 1, 2019 at 1:28 PM Pedro Larroy
> >>  wrote:
> >>>
> >>> +1 (non-binding)
> >>>
> >>> Tried CPU build + C++ tests + 714 Python unit tests in 605s.
> >>> ARMv7 build + small unit test in QEMU + ARMv8 builds.
> >>>
> >>> Thanks. Regards
> >>>
> >>> Pedro.
> >>>
> >>> On Wed, May 1, 2019 at 10:41 AM Qing Lan 
>  wrote:
> 
>  +1 (binding)
> 
>  build from source works for OSX and Ubuntu CPU
>  Scala build/test successfully with Dynamic link and static
> >> link.
> 
>  Thanks,
>  Qing
> 
>  
>  From: Sheng Zha 
>  Sent: Wednesday, May 1, 2019 13:14
>  To: d...@mxnet.apache.org
>  Subject: Re: [VOTE] Release Apache MXNet (incubating) version
> > 1.4.1.rc0
> 
>  Hi all,
> 
>  Reminder that the vote for 1.4.1 release is still ongoing. If
> >> you
> > can, please help out. Thank you.
> 
>  -sz
> 
>  On 2019/04/30 06:51:45, Junru Shao 
>  wrote:
> > Dear MXNet community,
> >
> > This is the 3-day vote to release Apache MXNet (incubating)
> > version v1.4.1.
> > The voting on dev@ list will start Apr 29 23:59:59 (PST) and
> > close on May
> > 02 23:59:59.
> >
> > Below are links to
> > 1) Release notes:
> >
> >
> 
> >>>
> >>
> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MXNET/Apache+MXNet+%28incubating%29+1.4.1+Release+Notes
> > .
> > 2) Release Candidate:
> >
> >>> https://github.com/apache/incubator-mxnet/releases/tag/1.4.1.rc0
>  .
> > 3) Source and signatures on Apache dist server:
> >
>  https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/incubator/mxnet/1.4.1.rc0/.
> >
> > Please remember to TEST first before voting accordingly:
> > +1 = approve
> > +0 = no opinion
> > -1 = disapprove (provide reason)
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Junru Shao
> >
> >
> 
> >>>
> >>
>
>

[RFC] Integrating the new MXNet website

[Aston Zhang]

Dear Community,

We have published a post at 
https://github.com/apache/incubator-mxnet/issues/14330 requesting for
comments on our proposal of integrating the new MXNet website. We'd like to hear
the thoughts and suggestions from the community and welcome any form of
contribution to improve contents and UX of the MXNet website.

Thanks,
MXNet developers from AWS

Re: [VOTE] Release Apache MXNet (incubating) version 1.4.0.rc2

[Aston Zhang]

+1

Tested with the Dive into Deep Learning book.

On Wed, Jan 30, 2019 at 1:25 PM Steffen Rochel 
wrote:

> Thanks Carin and Yuxi.
>
> Committers and PMC members - please test and send your vote to release
> Apache MXNet (incubating) v1.4.0.
>
> Regards,
> Steffen
>
> On Wed, Jan 30, 2019 at 10:55 AM Yuxi Hu  wrote:
>
> > +1
> >
> > verified the training throughput for resnet50_v1 looks normal compared to
> > 1.3.1 release
> >
> > On Tue, Jan 29, 2019 at 3:36 PM Carin Meier 
> wrote:
> >
> > > +1 - checked out from the release tag and built and tested
> Scala/Clojure
> > > package.
> > >
> > > On Sat, Jan 26, 2019 at 8:53 PM Steffen Rochel <
> steffenroc...@gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Dear MXNet community,
> > > >
> > > > This is the vote to release Apache MXNet (incubating) version v1.4.0.
> > > > Voting will
> > > > start today, Saturday January 26th 6pm PST and will close on
> Wednesday,
> > > > January 30th 7pm PST.
> > > >
> > > > Link to release notes:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MXNET/Apache+MXNet+%28incubating%29+
> > > > 1.4.0+Release+Notes
> > > >
> > > > Link to release candidate:
> > > > https://github.com/apache/incubator-mxnet/releases/tag/
> > > >  > > >1.4.0.rc
> > > > 2
> > > >
> > > > Link to source and signatures on apache dist server:
> > > > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/incubator/mxnet/1.4.0.rc2
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Please remember to TEST first before voting accordingly:
> > > > +1 = approve
> > > > +0 = no opinion
> > > > -1 = disapprove (provide reason)
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Best regards,
> > > > Steffen
> > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Yuxi(Darren) Hu, Ph.D.
> > Software Development Engineer
> > Amazon Web Services
> >
>

Re: [VOTE] Release Apache MXNet (incubating) version 1.4.0.rc0

[Aston Zhang]

+ 1
tested with code at zh.diveintodeeplearning.org on both Windows and Linux.

Thank @yajiedesign and @szha for the pip wheels.

Cheers,
Aston

On Thu, Dec 20, 2018 at 9:25 AM Steffen Rochel 
wrote:

> Dear MXNet community,
>
> This is the vote to release Apache MXNet (incubating) version v1.4.0.
> Voting will start December 20 noon PST  and close on December 27 noon PST.
>
> Link to release notes:
>
>
> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MXNET/Apache+MXNet+%28incubating%29+1.4.0+Release+Notes
>
> Link to release candidate:
> https://github.com/apache/incubator-mxnet/releases/tag/
> 
> 1.4.0.rc0
> 
>
> Link to source and signatures on apache dist server:
> https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/incubator/mxnet/1.4.0.rc0
> 
>
>
> Please remember to TEST first before voting accordingly:
> +1 = approve
> +0 = no opinion
> -1 = disapprove (provide reason)
>
>
> Best regards,
> Steffen
>