Apache MXNet 1.9.0 is a minor release that includes backward compatible changes.
As MXNet follows semver, this release includes backwards-compatible fixes and new features only.
Discussion on the roadmap: https://github.com/apache/incubator-mxnet/issues/20238
Release Managers:
- Serge Panev (https://github.com/Kh4L)
Scope
Issue | PRs | Contributor(s) | Notes |
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Reuse params from cached_op_args | https://github.com/apache/incubator-mxnet/pull/20221 | @samskalicky | Done |
ONNX export support from arg/aux params | https://github.com/apache/incubator-mxnet/pull/20198 | @waytrue17 | Done |
ONNX export support broadcast_not_equal | https://github.com/apache/incubator-mxnet/pull/20259 | @waytrue17 | Open |
ONNX Change some 10D shapes to 8D | https://github.com/apache/incubator-mxnet/pull/20258 | @Zha0q1 | Open |
Add aarch64 support | https://github.com/apache/incubator-mxnet/pull/20252 | @mseth10 | Open |
Release Timeline
Steps | Tasks | Goal | Actual | Comments |
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Steps | Tasks | Goal | Actual | Comments |
Code Freeze and release start | Track ongoing PRs | May 14th | ||
Cut the release branch | Check license headers | May 15th | ||
Cut the release branch | May 17th | |||
Make code changes with necessary version updates on v1.x | May 18th | |||
Test the release and tag the release | Nightly test, Jenkins CI | May 19th | ||
RAT check | May 19th | |||
Tag RC0 | May 20th | |||
Package artifacts and validate | Create release artifacts | May 21st | ||
Validate release package | May 21st | |||
Test release package | May 21st | |||
Begin apache voting | Start vote on dev@ | May 21st | ||
Start vote on general@ | June 2nd | |||
Finalizing and posting the release | Create the final release tag on github | |||
Rename, resign and upload the src tar to final dir | ||||
Update the website using tag | ||||
Release the official pip package | ||||
Release the official docker images | ||||
After 24 hrs, validate the packages are uploaded | ||||
Draft the official announce email and review | ||||
Send out the email on announce@ | ||||
Update the apache blog | ||||
Update the AWS blog | ||||
Send internal announcement |