Add classifiers for CUDA 11 / 12 / 12.0

[leofang]

Request to add a new Trove classifier.

The name of the classifier(s) you would like to add:

• Environment :: GPU :: NVIDIA CUDA :: 11
• Environment :: GPU :: NVIDIA CUDA :: 12
• Environment :: GPU :: NVIDIA CUDA :: 12.0 UPDATE: Environment :: GPU :: NVIDIA CUDA 12 :: 12.0 (see Add classifiers for CUDA 11 / 12 / 12.0 #124 (comment))

Why do you want to add this classifier?

CUDA 12.0 just came out today, so it'd be nice to add it now.

As for the major-version classifiers (CUDA 11/12), I consider them useful because starting with CUDA 11 there is guaranteed minor version compatibility at the programming model level (with caveats that users/developers would understand), so wheels can tag CUDA :: 11 or CUDA :: 12 to declare such compatibility. For example, NVIDIA and some GPU frameworks have been uploading wheels with suffix -cuXX (XX=11 currently) on PyPI.org.

cc: @jakirkham @m3vaz

[jakirkham]

LGTM. Thanks Leo! 🙏

[jakirkham]

cc @di

[di]

I feel like having both 12 and 12.0 will be confusing. I realize this is what we do for the Python classifiers, but there's a lot more precedent there.

Would you be opposed to:

• Environment :: GPU :: NVIDIA CUDA :: 11
• Environment :: GPU :: NVIDIA CUDA :: 12
• Environment :: GPU :: NVIDIA CUDA :: 12 :: 12.0

instead? Or is there another way to refer to everything compatible with a major version?

[leofang]

Thanks, Dustin. I don't have strong opinion about Environment :: GPU :: NVIDIA CUDA :: 12.0 vs Environment :: GPU :: NVIDIA CUDA :: 12 :: 12.0, except that I'd note the former is following the years of established precedence. Having the extra major ver in the middle (as in CUDA :: 12 :: 12.0) does not seem to convey extra information.

Also, we're not changing any existing Environment :: GPU :: NVIDIA CUDA :: 11.x to Environment :: GPU :: NVIDIA CUDA :: 11 :: 11.x, right? So from this point of view, I'd argue the latter CUDA :: 12 :: 12.0 is more confusing than the former.

But in any case I agree that we are creating a new convention (for major-ver only classifiers). As I said I don't have strong opinion 🙂 Perhaps @jakirkham or @m3vaz could chime in?

[di]

Would this be more or less confusing in your opinion?

• Environment :: GPU :: NVIDIA CUDA :: 11.x
• Environment :: GPU :: NVIDIA CUDA :: 12.x
• Environment :: GPU :: NVIDIA CUDA :: 12.0

I don't feel too strongly about this, but whatever we decide will be set in stone, more or less.

[leofang]

That's interesting, I am thinking 11.x/12.x are more colloquial terms and a bit uncertain if its semantics is obvious from the first glance.

but whatever we decide will be set in stone, more or less.

Indeed. I wouldn't mind if you want to keep this PR open for a bit longer, Dustin. I can also ask NV folks internally and see if any of them has strong opinion on the 3 proposals (this, this, this) on the table.

Thanks!

[leofang]

Hi @di we discussed internally briefly about this, with CUDA product management involved. The 2nd proposal is slightly preferred (though none of us has strong opinion), so I just updated the PR. PTAL 🙂 thx!

[leofang]

Friendly nudge @di 🙂

[leofang]

Another friendly nudge @di 🙂

[jakirkham]

Thanks Leo and Dustin! 🙏