Thanks for the great efforts. I think below PR need to be backported to 1.6 for bugfix in large tensor supports. https://github.com/apache/incubator-mxnet/pull/16737
--Patric > -----Original Message----- > From: Przemysław Trędak <ptre...@apache.org> > Sent: Friday, November 8, 2019 5:46 AM > To: d...@mxnet.apache.org > Subject: Re: MXNet 1.6.0 release > > Dear MXNet Community, > > From talking to different Members of the Community, I realized there is a > misunderstanding of what "code freeze" actually means. Let me try to clear > this confusion in this email. > > The code freeze does not mean "1.6 release is done, let's vote on it and ship > it as-is". As some of You probably noticed, I did not tag a RC0 yet. That is > because code freeze means "there are no more new features going to be > accepted in order to provide stable base for finding and fixing bugs". I know > of a few showstopper issues that need to be tackled before a release > candidate can be made (mentioned in the previous email), so tagging a > release candidate would not really make sense. > > I would like to repeat my call for action to test the release, create issues > and > tag me on issues which need to be prioritized for the 1.6 release, as well as > help fixing those issues (the fixes will be cherry-picked to 1.6.x branch). > > Thank you > Przemek > > On 2019/11/02 03:11:55, Przemys��aw Tr��dak <ptre...@apache.org> > wrote: > > Dear MXNet Community, > > > > This morning I updated the 1.6.x branch and so the code freeze is in effect. > I would like to thank everyone who helped in preparing and reviewing pull > requests to meet this deadline. > > > > Unfortunately, nightly tests do not currently pass (I created an issue about > this: [1]). Another issue [2] was raised to my attention as potential release > blocker. Please help in fixing those issues and also tag me on other issues > that you believe must be fixed before release. > > > > Thank you > > Przemek > > > > [1] https://github.com/apache/incubator-mxnet/issues/16704 > > [2] https://github.com/apache/incubator-mxnet/issues/16647 > > > > On 2019/10/25 14:24:49, Przemys��aw Tr��dak <ptre...@apache.org> > wrote: > > > Dear MXNet Community > > > > > > Last night I updated 1.6.x branch to point to current master. The code > freeze is now in effect. > > > > > > That said, since most of the features intended for 1.6 release are still > > > not > fully finished (a few PRs for BERT GPU performance, multiple MKLDNN PRs, > multiple PRs tagged NumPy etc.) we decided to go with a "soft" code freeze > approach. Only the PRs that are in the scope of 1.6 release will now be > accepted into 1.6.x branch. The hard code freeze is planned next week, Oct > 31st. > > > > > > While contributors of those in-scope PRs and their reviewers work to > meet that deadline, I would like to call for action for the rest of the MXNet > Community to test, raise issues and fix the bugs in the release. > > > > > > Thank you > > > Przemek > > > > > > On 2019/10/11 00:00:34, Przemys��aw Tr��dak > <ptre...@apache.org> wrote: > > > > Hi MXNet Community, > > > > > > > > As the 1.5.1 patch release is done (many thanks Tao!), it is time to > prepare for the next minor release of MXNet - 1.6.0. > > > > > > > > I (ptrendx@github / ptredak@mxnet Slack) would like to manage the > release of 1.6.0. As it will be the first time for me to manage a release, Sam > (samskalicky) and Lin (apeforest) agreed to help guiding me through the > process. > > > > > > > > Thanks to Sheng there is a GitHub issue[1] listing major features that > should go into the 1.6.0, please add any features that you want included > there. > > > > > > > > That said, as we target November for the release, to accommodate for > extensive testing and bugfixing, the code freeze date is set to October 24th > 23:59PST. Please reach out to me as soon as possible if you feel that you will > need an extension of that deadline for your feature. > > > > > > > > Sheng created a page on cwiki[2] about the release, I will populate it > with the information and tracked issues and PRs. > > > > > > > > Thank you and let's make the great 1.6.0 release together! > > > > Przemek > > > > > > > > [1] https://github.com/apache/incubator-mxnet/issues/15589 > > > > [2] > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MXNET/1.6.0+Release+Plan+a > nd+Status > > > > > > > > >
