+1. We should move to support Python>=3.5 only. Get Outlook for iOS<https://aka.ms/o0ukef> ________________________________ From: Lausen, Leonard <lau...@amazon.com.INVALID> Sent: Friday, January 17, 2020 10:02:30 AM To: d...@mxnet.apache.org <d...@mxnet.apache.org> Subject: Re: MXNet 1.6 as last release with Python 2 support?
If the lazy consensus passes, I believe the minimum Python version supported would be Python 3.5. Python 3.5 because it seems to be the minimum Python 3 version tested by our CI, specifically in the jobs running on Ubuntu 16.04. Best regards Leonard On Fri, 2020-01-17 at 17:36 +0000, Lausen, Leonard wrote: > Dear MXNet community, > > as effective January 1, 2020, no new bug reports, fixes, or changes will be > made > to Python 2, and as MXNet 1.6 will be released after January 1, 2020, I > suggest > to announce in the MXNet 1.6 release notes that MXNet 1.6 is the last release > supporting Python 2. > > We have previously reached consensus on announcing that Python 2 is dropped in > the next major release (ie. MXNet 2), however, given the delay in 1.6 release, > the plan to release 1.7 in the future and that Python 2 is dead already I > think > we can revisit this assumption. > > Advantages are > - Time savings for developers, as Python 3 standard library contains more > features than Python 2, and it is more efficient to target only 1 language > (Python 3) instead of 2 languages (Python 2 & 3) > - Simplification and cost savings for CI > > I thus suggest 72h lazy consensus for announcing dropping of Python 2 as > described above. If you disagree, please veto (send "-1") and we can continue > supporting Python 2 in all 1.x releases as per previous consensus. Note that > at > the time of previous consensus, no 1.7 release was planned. > > Best regards > Leonard
