RSN 2 - EOL Python 3.6 & CUDA 10.0 in v0.14
| Author | RAPIDS Ops |
| Status | Completed |
| Topic | Platform Support Change |
| RAPIDS Version | v0.14 & v0.15 |
| Created | 13 July 2020 |
| Updated | N/A |
Overview
Python 3.6 and CUDA 10.0 have reached end of life (EOL) in RAPIDS v0.14
and will not be supported in the upcoming release of v0.15. This includes
v0.15 nightly support which ended on 13-Jul-2020.
Status
Nightly support
- Has ended as of 13-Jul-2020
- No further
condapackages ordockerimages will be released for these versions
- No further
Documentation
- Updates to Docker Hub and NGC repos will be reflected with the
v0.15release - Updated rapids.ai release selector to reflect EOL
Rationale
Python 3.6 EOL
Due to NEP 29 support
for Python 3.6 in a large number of our dependent libraries was removed in
late June 2020. Some libraries are continuing to publish Python 3.6 packages;
however, others are working towards discontinuing them in the near future.
Given the push of the community to focus on Python 3.7 & 3.8 we opted to spend
our resources on Python 3.8 bring up for v0.15. See RSN 3
for updates.
CUDA 10.0 EOL
Given community input and the release of CUDA 11.0, the team has opted to EOL
CUDA 10.0 in favor of bring up for beta support of CUDA 11.0 in
v0.15. See RSN 4 for updates.
Impact
Users should migrate to Python 3.7 & CUDA 10.1 our new defaults for RAPIDS.