From dev-return-3992-archive-asf-public=cust-asf.ponee.io@mxnet.incubator.apache.org Wed Aug 29 01:11:49 2018 Return-Path: X-Original-To: archive-asf-public@cust-asf.ponee.io Delivered-To: archive-asf-public@cust-asf.ponee.io Received: from mail.apache.org (hermes.apache.org [140.211.11.3]) by mx-eu-01.ponee.io (Postfix) with SMTP id 5D5B8180621 for ; Wed, 29 Aug 2018 01:11:49 +0200 (CEST) Received: (qmail 29875 invoked by uid 500); 28 Aug 2018 23:11:48 -0000 Mailing-List: contact dev-help@mxnet.incubator.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: dev@mxnet.incubator.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list dev@mxnet.incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 29830 invoked by uid 99); 28 Aug 2018 23:11:47 -0000 Received: from pnap-us-west-generic-nat.apache.org (HELO spamd2-us-west.apache.org) (209.188.14.142) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Tue, 28 Aug 2018 23:11:47 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by spamd2-us-west.apache.org (ASF Mail Server at spamd2-us-west.apache.org) with ESMTP id 32BE61A0168 for ; Tue, 28 Aug 2018 23:11:47 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at spamd2-us-west.apache.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: 2.389 X-Spam-Level: ** X-Spam-Status: No, score=2.389 tagged_above=-999 required=6.31 tests=[DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, HTML_MESSAGE=2, KAM_NUMSUBJECT=0.5, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_DKIMWL_WL_MED=-0.01] autolearn=disabled Authentication-Results: spamd2-us-west.apache.org (amavisd-new); dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=gmail.com Received: from mx1-lw-us.apache.org ([10.40.0.8]) by localhost (spamd2-us-west.apache.org [10.40.0.9]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 0WfUA7iwfukg for ; Tue, 28 Aug 2018 23:11:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-yb0-f172.google.com (mail-yb0-f172.google.com [209.85.213.172]) by mx1-lw-us.apache.org (ASF Mail Server at mx1-lw-us.apache.org) with ESMTPS id 4A1575F3B8 for ; Tue, 28 Aug 2018 23:11:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-yb0-f172.google.com with SMTP id f4-v6so1290499ybp.7 for ; Tue, 28 Aug 2018 16:11:43 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=dfYO1MD22Ui2sAXiOhIqQfgExjUkJ6cr1d/WRO3QOcc=; b=o4142GiNC4lf01AviLUF/F8Ysjm7tSQrpZYoBdxLNSM0bMOnePhaWN0WAjySXDvScd /dPZutUMG1aKMP5A5xwpYliU/+ggfyfiD4ddfvaesZ0e4vSUs9QBB391C/iPciZVNJkO xbpUA96iwKDkUfbt1LtLfNBTTtv/jwgYePd9PgsvyhSHt4dTVNsAdACAAdKOzOqFzNj1 2r/2rSDU3fiqRYDOOlx93h/oFOmvVLOPtF+ueysnITZN88JhFTk8r8gsfMOf9FlewouB ov+U+UHJgUQ6UowpNaXwe6xO8wsyECc/1D6qK7d1GRvaaQxWK3V2bEECVjepdcqUexQ2 K5dg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to; bh=dfYO1MD22Ui2sAXiOhIqQfgExjUkJ6cr1d/WRO3QOcc=; b=UKtbugcqN6eh/lW6ZNukpGKnZ+7E3NNTZDNA2s6hSG2kLKooWj+9jF2LQNyrkIwZmn i1g1oFwNOYjeuj1XSNjlkBgRCglMUS6vkqxmWUMWGhf7jt2DmFz9jaLAO+6rr9bE++3n 10BMGlTCjXOgZ3QE4lyz4WfZ9vpTc9CVMX/HTg0gDWz5+sWsvolLYdpc+OxWnEeJEcV4 Ovq+sw1cWREdZObi61kS7VfFzrQOylhg59Y6xi2vxmDNpgAjVqR+b1AQfwbpPGse6qLK cQoTh9V+5nuTtrlX8xut93keC6EgaV5AXtJjD86NsOt5Ny35M2KTTbZnNLZ7daG1lUhy X6AQ== X-Gm-Message-State: APzg51D5A/37FlY7uoADUZOiS8hxVumf1AyfmHLjFsC8kiM61mgsrhAj jusWCmptUxvrAuwegUN9gu/E7o/AwdvNlireS93brg== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ANB0Vdbczv8yx0vYWyXb0tI7TwLUUGdhr59G6zJcMTlRjevfJ0C3+Ye/GMCQTy3O+AsTceKphc4738T9JHXUyDrrZHA= X-Received: by 2002:a25:4941:: with SMTP id w62-v6mr2075902yba.134.1535497897367; Tue, 28 Aug 2018 16:11:37 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: From: Naveen Swamy Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2018 16:11:00 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Propose to discontinue supporting Apache MXNet on Windows 7 To: dev@mxnet.incubator.apache.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="000000000000b9ddf1057486f680" --000000000000b9ddf1057486f680 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable +1 to stop supporting Win7 On Tue, Aug 28, 2018 at 3:54 PM Lin Yuan wrote: > Dear Community, > > > > Currently, our MXNet installation guide for Windows does not work for > Windows 7. e.g. Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 is not supported on Windows = 7 > < > https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/vs/support/vs2015/received-error-speci= fied-program-requires-newer-version-windows/ > >. > In addition, MSFT ended =E2=80=9CMainstream=E2=80=9D support for Windows = 7 in 2015 ( > https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/13853/windows-lifecycle-fact-she= et > ). > Therefore, it is not possible for developers to build MXNet and verify th= e > fix on Windows 7 platform. Given that there have been several issues abou= t > MXNet error on Windows 7 (issue#9271 > , issue #8921 > , issue #11163 > ), it will even > add > more burden on developers in the future if we were to continue supporting > Windows 7. > > > > I therefore would like to propose that we discontinue the support of MXNe= t > on Windows 7 in the next release. > > > Specifically, this means the following required actions: > > 1) state the discontinuation of Windows 7 support in the release note > > 2) update the MXNet webpage if Windows version is mentioned. > > 3) update the open Github issues related to Windows 7 > > > Please share your thoughts about this proposal and/or suggest if there is > any other missing action item from the above. > > > Best Regards, > > > Lin > --000000000000b9ddf1057486f680--