MMEngine Release V0.8.0

v0.8.0 (07/03/2023)

Highlights

• Support training with FSDP and DeepSpeed. Refer to the example for more detailed usages.

• Introduce the pure Python style configuration file:

  • Support navigating to base configuration file in IDE
  • Support navigating to base variable in IDE
  • Support navigating to source code of class in IDE
  • Support inheriting two configuration files containing the same field
  • Load the configuration file without other third-party requirements

  Refer to the tutorial for more detailed usages.

  

New Features & Enhancements

• Support training with FSDP by @HAOCHENYE in #1213
• Add FlexibleRunner and Strategies, and support training with DeepSpeed by @zhouzaida in #1183
• Support pure Python style configuration file by @HAOCHENYE in #1071
• Learning rate in log can show the base learning rate of optimizer by @AkideLiu in #1019
• Refine the error message when auto_scale_lr is not set correctly by @alexander-soare in #1181
• WandbVisBackend supports updating config by @zgzhengSEU in #977

Bug fixes

• CheckpointHook should check whether file exists before removing it by @zhouzaida in #1198
• Fix undefined variable error in Runner by @HAOCHENYE in #1219

Docs

• Add a document to introduce how to debug with vscode by @zhouzaida in #1212
• Update English introduction by @evdcush in #1189
• Fix parameter typing error in document by @syo093c in #1201
• Fix gpu collection during evaluation by @edkair in #1208
• Fix a comment in runner tutorial by @joihn in #1210

New Contributors

• @alexander-soare made their first contribution in #1181
• @zgzhengSEU made their first contribution in #977
• @AkideLiu made their first contribution in #1019
• @syo093c made their first contribution in #1201
• @edkair made their first contribution in #1208
• @joihn made their first contribution in #1210

Full Changelog: v0.7.4...v0.8.0