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
Reference: MXNet 1.5.0 Roadmap
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 | 06/03/2019 | |
| 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 | 5/27/2019 | 06/04/2019 | |
| 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@ | 06/07/2019 | 06/08/2019 | rc0 and rc1 failed, rc2 passed on 07/10/2019: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/641cf0fddce623ff352ba9c7655938c0d16337bae4a8d290956ea130@%3Cdev.mxnet.apache.org%3E |
| Start vote on general@ | 07/10/2019 | vote on general passed on 07/18/2019 https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/5365cdab7dee08d220e32decc76fd54aa05e29bc891c416828cb64d2@%3Cgeneral.incubator.apache.org%3E | ||
| Finalizing and posting the release | Create the final release tag on github | 6/14/2019 | ||
| 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@ | 07/29/2019 | https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/647e7f18217514ea06344f0f713798c9aac0adcdd16addbb044aa6cd@%3Cdev.mxnet.apache.org%3E | ||
| Update the apache blog | ||||
| update the aws blog | ||||
| send internal announcement | ||||