Apache MXNet 1.5.0 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/14619
Release Manager: Lai Wei
Release shepherd: Sheng Zha
Scope
Scope is still open - please add!
Referece: MXNet 1.5.0 Roadmap
| Issue | PRs | Contributor(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMP | https://github.com/apache/incubator-mxnet/pull/14173 | @ptrendx | To move foreard: https://github.com/apache/incubator-mxnet/pull/14173#pullrequestreview-235846341 |
| MKLDNN Quantization | https://github.com/apache/incubator-mxnet/pull/14819 | @ZhennanQin | |
| FP32 optimization | #14914, #14818, #14893, #14877, #14783 | @ciyongch, @TaoLv, @juliusshufa, @yinghu5, @TaoLv | |
| bug fix for infer shape partial | #14869 | @royweilai | under review |
| dependency upgrade for mxnet | #14950, #14887, #14588 | @stu1130 | update to latest cuda 10.1 and cudnn 7.5.1 for mxnet and mxnet CI |
| Conversion from FP32 to Mixed Precision Models | https://github.com/apache/incubator-mxnet/issues/14584 | @anirudh2290 | Depend on AMP PR |
Release Timeline
Following timeline is based on everything goes well.(Added some buffer time)
| Step | Tasks | Goal | Actual | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Code Freeze and release start | Track ongoing PRs | Once 1.4.1 is released | ||
| Cut the release branch | Check license headers | 5/17/2019 | ||
| Make code changes with necessary version updates | ||||
| Cut the release branch | ||||
| Update the version on master | ||||
| Test the release and tag the release | Nightly test, Jenkins CI | 5/20/2019 | ||
| RAT check | ||||
| Tag RC0 | ||||
| Package artifacts and validate | Create release artifacts | |||
| Validate release package | ||||
| Test release package | ||||
| Scala release process | ||||
| Begin apache voting | Start vote on dev@ | |||
| Start vote on general@ | ||||
| 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 offical announce email and review | ||||
| Send out the email on announce@ | ||||
| Update the apache blog | ||||
| update the aws blog | ||||
| send internal announcement | ||||