Release checklist

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Checklist

• @jph00 Make repo public
• @jph00 Submit to pypi
• @jph00 Enable gh pages
• @RensDimmendaal Update AnswerDotAI libraries
  • Submit PR to nbdev to use plum's Function instead of fastcore's TypeDispatch
  • Submit PR to fastcore
    • to use plum for dispatch
    • remove mentions of the dispatch and transform modules (e.g. fastcore's all.py but also readme.md and llms.txt)
    • empty dispatch and fasttransform modules, but add error message telling people to either downgrade fastcore or to adopt fasttransform, refer them to the migration guide in fasttransform repo.
  • Submit PR to fastai to use fasttransform and plum for dispatch (ready on my private branch)
• @RensDimmendaal Notify popular open source packages that use fastai/fastcore (below were selected w gh query fastai is:public pushed:>2024-01-01 and had more than 50 stars and looked like they were actual pypi packages):
  • https://github.com/timeseriesAI/tsai (uses in multiple places would probably appreciate a headsup)
  • https://github.com/ohmeow/blurr (Wade's, heavy use of typedispatch and Transform)
  • https://github.com/warner-benjamin/fastxtend (Benjamin's, heavy use of typedispatch and Transform)
  • https://github.com/FasterAI-Labs/fasterai (some use, suggest to notify)
  • https://github.com/labmlai/labml (dont need a headsup, only use fastai not fastcore directly)
  • https://github.com/utterworks/fast-bert (no fastai/fastcore imports)
  • https://github.com/airctic/icevision (doesnt seem to use Transform, but reimplements own, no dispatch use)
  • https://github.com/richarddwang/electra_pytorch (not a pypi package)
  • https://github.com/matjesg/deepflash2 (dont see direct use of fastcore's dispatch/Transform modules)
• @RensDimmendaal move blogpost PR to fastai blog
• @RensDimmendaal draft twitter thread
• @jph00 Merge blogpost PR