samskalicky commented on pull request #18904: URL: https://github.com/apache/incubator-mxnet/pull/18904#issuecomment-674991226
> Since mxnet 2.0 generally aims to simplify the build system, shouldn't we take this case as incentive to simplify it further and remove the complexity that is currently blocking you on this matter? Maybe @pengzhao-intel and his team as well as @ptrendx and his team could help here. > > The complexity of our build system and dependency.closure are creating various issues on different topics, so finding a proper solution that goes above "#if" and compile time.options would he helpful for the project. Thats a good point, and would be awesome to make this easier for users. I would prefer not to block this feature on that reorganization though. Instead I would propose moving forward with the PR by building external ops as suggested above. When the build system simplifies we can simplify building external ops. ---------------------------------------------------------------- This is an automated message from the Apache Git Service. To respond to the message, please log on to GitHub and use the URL above to go to the specific comment. For queries about this service, please contact Infrastructure at: [email protected]
