Thanks Kellen, Pedro and Sheng for the feedback. Kellen - - Thanks for proposing 1.5 features. Kindly note them on the issue Sheng created: https://github.com/apache/incubator-mxnet/issues/14619 - For your 2.0 proposals - can you please update them in the issue Sheng created: https://github.com/apache/incubator-mxnet/issues/9686 Pedro - - Thank you for volunteering for 2.0 release! - Thanks for referencing the Issue that tracks 2.0 API updates, looks like Sheng updated it to track the broader 2.0 features. Sheng - - Agreed that each release should be managed separately, my intention was to kick start thinking for MXNet short term and long term roadmap - we can fork at this point. - Thanks for creating the issues for 1.5 and 2.0 - the community can start surfacing proposals there. - Agreed that 1.4.1 should include fixes, not features. I'll start a separate thread on that.
As discussed - we will have separate threads for each of the releases, and I will start with 1.4.1 Cheers, Hagay On Tue, Apr 2, 2019 at 6:39 PM Sheng Zha <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Hagay, > > Thanks for taking the initiative. The proposed scope in this thread is in > my opinion too large to fit in a single thread, so I'd suggest that we > start separate threads for each individual release item. To elaborate on > the reasons based on each individual item: > - For 1.4.1 which is in the wiki page draft, I'd suggest refraining from > adding new features there since patch release should be about bug fixes. > - For 1.5, there are efforts such as AMP and general improvement for fp16 > support in operators, quantization efforts, etc., that should be included. > I may have a bit more context on this so I'm happy to help initiate the > discussion. > - For 2.0, I think it would be more of a roadmap discussion at this stage. > > I hope this makes sense. Would you mind starting a thread focusing on 1.4.1 > patch release? > > -sz > > > On Tue, Apr 2, 2019 at 5:06 PM Hagay Lupesko <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Dear MXNet community, > > > > I wanted to initiate a discussion about the plan and scope for the next > > MXNet releases. > > I suggest we focus on three releases, and get the process going in > > parallel: > > (1) 1.4.1 - patch release on top of 1.4.0 to address some perf > regressions > > and memory leaks I am aware of, such as the memory leak fixed on Scala [0 > > <https://github.com/apache/incubator-mxnet/pull/14586>]. I went ahead > and > > created a draft release proposal wiki [1 > > < > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MXNET/%5BDRAFT+PROPOSAL%5D+Apache+MXNet+%28incubating%29+1.4.1+Release+Plan+and+Status > > > > > ]. > > (2) 1.5.0 - a minor release to add new features introduced since 1.4.0 > > release started (back in Nov 2018!), such as various performance > > improvements: aggregate SGD, in-place updates in optimizers, gpu support > > for image processing operators and many more features useful for MXNet’s > > users. > > (3) 2.0 - an exciting major release that will include major enhancements > to > > MXNet. > > > > Timeframes will probably vary based on the scope. I think we should plan > to > > start 1.4.1 release within a couple of weeks, 1.5.0 should target > starting > > once we release 1.4.1, and 2.0 timeline is TBD - but such a major release > > will require more time to discuss and decide in the community. > > > > I was thinking to get started through: > > (1) Draft proposals on CWiki, where the community can add content and > > propose scope and features. > > (2) Setup online meetings, where anyone can dial into, from anywhere, > where > > we will have a chance to discuss in voice+video. > > (3) With (1)+(2) have a scope and timeline that the community, in large, > > supports. > > > > Would be great to get the community's feedback and suggestions, and > please > > reply if you would like to be involved in the effort of supporting the > > releases! > > > > MXNet is awesome, looking forward to working together to make it even > > better! > > Hagay > > > > [0] https://github.com/apache/incubator-mxnet/pull/14586 > > [1] > > > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MXNET/%5BDRAFT+PROPOSAL%5D+Apache+MXNet+%28incubating%29+1.4.1+Release+Plan+and+Status > > >
