Thanks, Lai. With the great helps from the community, all PRs listed in the roadmap are done :) https://github.com/apache/incubator-mxnet/issues/14619#issuecomment-480110642
Update the status of the below list - [1] PR#14713 is almost done and wait for internal validation results - [2] PR#14893 is merged - [3] PR#15031 is merged - [7] PR#15038 new PR to fix the bug in C++ interface, will be merged soon after the review. Feel free to let me know if anything our team can help :) BR, --Patric > -----Original Message----- > From: Lai Wei [mailto:roywei...@gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2019 6:05 AM > To: dev@mxnet.incubator.apache.org > Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] 1.5.0 Release Plan > > Hi @dev, > > Thanks for working hard for the 1.5 release, since there has been several > release blockers (mostly fixed). We are extending the code freeze to Friday > 05/22/2019. Right now we are tracking the following 5 open PRs[1][2][3][4][5] > and 1 issue[6]. Please let us know if you need more time. > > I would like to encourage all downstream projects to test with latest MXNet > to avoid any incompatibility in the coming 1.5.0 release. If you have any > issues that may block the release, please let us know. > Thank you very much. > > [1] https://github.com/apache/incubator-mxnet/pull/14713 > [2] https://github.com/apache/incubator-mxnet/pull/14893 > [3] https://github.com/apache/incubator-mxnet/pull/15031 > [4] https://github.com/apache/incubator-mxnet/pull/15039 > [5] https://github.com/apache/incubator-mxnet/pull/15041 > [6] https://github.com/apache/incubator-mxnet/issues/15034 > > > Best Regards > > Lai > > > On Wed, May 15, 2019 at 9:05 PM Junru Shao <junrushao1...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Hi folks, > > > > Here I may have a release blocker for 1.5.0 about implementation of > > dynamic shape mechanism, which somehow conflicts with Gluon's > deferred > > initialization [1]. > > > > [1] https://github.com/dmlc/gluon-nlp/issues/706 > > > > On Wed, May 15, 2019 at 12:09 PM Anirudh Subramanian < > > anirudh2...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > Hi Lai, > > > > > > From the discussion I had with Nvidia offline they are targeting on > > pushing > > > the required changes today. > > > Since this is important feature for the release, if this gets > > > delayed and cannot be merged by 05/17/2019, the code freeze date > > > may need to be changed. > > > > > > Anirudh > > > > > > On Wed, May 15, 2019 at 1:23 AM Lv, Tao A <tao.a...@intel.com> wrote: > > > > > > > Hi dev, > > > > > > > > We see there are several github issues [1][2][3][4] about mxnet > > > > windows build experience. The team is working intensively > > > > [5][6][7] on that to > > > fix > > > > some problems of MKL-DNN build on windows. We hope these fixes > can > > catch > > > > the code freeze and finally enter the 1.5.0 release. > > > > > > > > The PR against mshadow (#374) was already merged and MXNet PR > > > > #14877 is under review - great thanks to CI team for helping on > > > > the MKL > > > installation > > > > request. PR #14952 is document change according to build logic > > > > changes > > in > > > > PR #14877. So I think these two PRs should be merged simultaneously. > > > > Currently #14877 is experiencing a CI response problem. > > > > > > > > Please take your time to have a look at these two PRs. Your > > > > comments > > and > > > > suggestions are highly appreciated. > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > -tao > > > > > > > > [1] https://github.com/apache/incubator-mxnet/issues/14670 > > > > [2] https://github.com/apache/incubator-mxnet/issues/14335 > > > > [3] https://github.com/apache/incubator-mxnet/issues/14203 > > > > [4] https://github.com/apache/incubator-mxnet/issues/14085 > > > > [5] https://github.com/apache/incubator-mxnet/pull/14877 > > > > [6] https://github.com/dmlc/mshadow/pull/374 > > > > [7] https://github.com/apache/incubator-mxnet/pull/14952 > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Lai Wei [mailto:roywei...@gmail.com] > > > > Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2019 2:57 PM > > > > To: dev@mxnet.incubator.apache.org > > > > Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] 1.5.0 Release Plan > > > > > > > > Hi Anirudh, > > > > > > > > I see there was an offline disucssion < > > > > > > > > > https://github.com/apache/incubator- > mxnet/pull/14173#pullrequestreview > > -235846341 > > > > > > > > > and I have updated the AMP feature and your project on the release > > > tracker > > > > < > > > > > > > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MXNET/1.5.0+Release+Plan+a > > nd+Status > > > > > > > > > , > > > > Please let me know if you have any updates. > > > > > > > > Hi @dev, > > > > This is a gentle reminder that the code freeze for 1.5.0 release > > > > is on 05/17/2019, please let us know if you have any WIP pull > > > > requests aiming > > > for > > > > 1.5.0 that needs attention. > > > > Please understand we already have around 650 commits in master > > > > that > > need > > > > to be released in time. We understand TensorRT test in CI is > > > > failing > > and > > > > are trying to fix it. Meanwhile please update the tracker if there > > > > is > > any > > > > change: > > > > > > > > > > > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MXNET/1.5.0+Release+Plan+a > > nd+Status > > > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > > > Lai > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, May 8, 2019 at 11:58 AM Anirudh Subramanian < > > > anirudh2...@gmail.com > > > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi Sheng, > > > > > > > > > > I had a discussion with nvidia folks offline today (@ptrendx et. > > al.). > > > > > I strongly feel that the AMP feature should be included as part > > > > > of > > the > > > > > release: https://github.com/apache/incubator-mxnet/pull/14173 . > > > > > The PR is aimed for completion for next week but reviews and RFC > > > > > discussions may take some time. I would request to extend the > > > > > release code freeze by 2 weeks. > > > > > Also, I would like to include > > > > > > > > > > > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MXNET/Conversion+from+FP32 > > > > > +to+Mixed+Precision+Models > > > > > which > > > > > depends on the AMP PR. > > > > > I am also aiming for adding a PR by this week end or early next > > > > > week, but reviews will take longer than May 17th. > > > > > > > > > > Anirudh > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, May 6, 2019 at 11:49 PM Sheng Zha <szha....@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > > > > > While 1.4.1 vote on general@incubator is still on going, I’d > > > > > > like > > to > > > > > > propose that we start preparing 1.5.0 release. > > > > > > > > > > > > 1.5.0 will include changes that dates back to last year and > > > > > > there has > > > > > been > > > > > > a lot of new features and improvements in it, so it will > > > > > > likely > > time > > > > > > us more time to prepare than 1.4.1. I propose the following > > timeline: > > > > > > - Cut release branch: release branch already cut. Will sync > > > > > > with master branch on 5/15/2019 EOD. > > > > > > - Code freeze: 5/17/2019. No more changes unless the release > > > > > > branch is in a broken state. > > > > > > - Tag and vote: 5/20/2019 onward. > > > > > > > > > > > > Lai Wei (roywei@) expressed to me offline that he’s willing to > > help > > > > > drive > > > > > > this release as release manager, and I’m happy to help again > > > > > > as > > > > > committer. > > > > > > > > > > > > If you have features in progress that you’d like to include in > > 1.5.0: > > > > > > - Add your feature to the scope: > > > > > > > > > > > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MXNET/1.5.0+Release+Plan+a > > > > > nd+Status > > > > > > - Indicate in this thread: > > > > > > - how confident you are about making it happen before the > > > > > > code > > > > freeze. > > > > > > If not confident, provide estimate for a more manageable code > > freeze > > > > > > date so that people can discuss whether to extend the deadline > > > > > > or > > to > > > > > > skip one release for it. > > > > > > - whether your PR requires more attention to make it happen. > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks for your attention. Comments and suggestions are also > > welcome. > > > > > > > > > > > > -sz > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
