Iteration Plan v1.3.6 - June 2021

[zhouzaida]

MMCV v1.3.5 has been released, see the plan in #1026 and the release notes
We list our plan for v1.3.6, which will be released on June 12th.
The PRs from the communities will also be listed here.
Thus, developers could comprehensively know the plan and the progress.

Features:

• Enable exporting to onnx for PointRend [Feature] enable exporting to onnx for PointRend #953
• Porting mmcv for hip [Feature] Porting mmcv for hip #1022
• Support LR_ReduceOnPlateau [WIP] Support LR_ReduceOnPlateau #1033
• Add DvcliveLoggerHook Add DvcliveLoggerHook #1075

Enhancements:

• Add Windows CI [Feature] Add windows CI #1023
• Support resume for fp16 training Support resume for fp16 training #1013
• Refactor the baseclass releated to transformer Refactor the baseclass related to transformer #978
• Imporve windows support for list_from_file Imporve windows support for list_from_file #1043
• Use more cpus in building Use more cpus in building #1046
• Decreasing the cycle amplitude after each period in cyclic lr decreasing the cycle amplitude after each period in cyclic lr #783

Fixes:

• Fix MMCls ckpts links [Fix] Fix MMCls ckpts links #1067

If you have created a PR and wish it to be merged in this version, feel free to leave a message in this issue. We will update our plan accordingly here.

[hokmund]

I created a PR for this issue.
Could you please include it to the next release?

[zhouzaida]

I created a PR for this issue.
Could you please include it to the next release?

OK, thanks for your contribution.

[Quebradawill]

When can mmcv-full support Python 3.9?

[ZwwWayne]

When can mmcv-full support Python 3.9?

We have not tested it yet, but theoretically, if python 3.9 does not bring many BC-breakings mmcv should work well with python 3.9. We are planning to provide pre-built wheels for python 3.9 in the future if we have enough resources.