🌟 Summary
The v8.2.86 release focuses on improving model export functionality, expanding operating system compatibility, and refining code quality across the Ultralytics project.
📊 Key Changes
- 🛠️ Model Export Enhancements: Updated logging for export failures, streamlined export logic, and improved error handling.
- 💻 Windows Compatibility: Added comprehensive testing for Windows and adjusted dependencies to address issues with PyTorch.
- 🎨 Code Modernization: Implemented modern Python practices like f-strings and argument-less
super(). - 🔢 Improved Dataset Handling: Refined calibration and data loading processes to ensure consistency and reliability.
🎯 Purpose & Impact
- Enhanced Export Reliability: By increasing log visibility and removing unnecessary checks, users can diagnose issues faster, ensuring smoother model deployments.
- Widened OS Support: Including Windows in the CI testing matrix broadens the platform support, making the tool more versatile for developers on different systems.
- Cleaner Codebase: Modernized code not only boosts maintainability but also provides minor performance gains, making the project easier for new contributors to navigate.
- Consistency in Model Performance: Adjusting data loaders and calibration methods enhances the accuracy and repeatability of experiments and deployments.
These changes collectively aim to improve user experience, increase software reliability, and enhance performance stability. 🚀
What's Changed
- PyUpgrade 3.8 updates by @glenn-jocher in #15941
- Fixed OpenVINO int8 dynamic export and other minor changes by @ambitious-octopus in #14872
ultralytics 8.2.86Windowstorch==2.4.0patch by @glenn-jocher in #15942
Full Changelog: v8.2.85...v8.2.86