Hello everyone,
A reminder that branch cut for release 2.8 is next Monday, June 23rd (full list of key dates below).
Also, a reminder that features are now being tracked as Github issues. See here for the 2.8 feature list thus far.
To add a new feature:
- Create a new issue (New Issue > Release highlight for Proposed Feature) or
- Tag an existing RFC with the release-feature-request tag. In addition, please be sure to include details which release you would like it to be a part of, and the blogpost writeup for said feature.
More details on these changes can be found in the previous announcement here.
Key Dates:
- M1: Release Announcement (5/28/25) - complete
- M2: Land Target PRs in PyTorch repo - DEADLINE (6/20/25)
- M3.1: Release branch cut (6/23/25)
- M3.2: Release first RC1 Binary for PyTorch Core (6/24/25)
- M3.3: Ecosystem libraries cut RC Branch (6/25/25)
- M4: Release branch finalized, Announce final launch date, new major features published (week of 7/7/25) - Final RC is produced.
- M4.1: Tutorial drafts submission deadline (7/16/25)
- M5: External-Facing Content Finalized (7/25/25 )
- M6: Release Day (7/30/25)
If there are any questions, please feel free to reach out.
Cheers,
Team PyTorch