Bug#959765: RFP: tensorflow -- Computation using data flow graphs for scalable machine learning (C)
Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
* Package name : tensorflow
Version : 2.0.1
Upstream Author : Google Inc. <announce@tensorflow.org>
* URL : https://www.tensorflow.org/
* License : Apache
Programming Lang: Python
Description : Computation using data flow graphs for scalable machine learning (C)
Computation using data flow graphs for scalable machine learning (C)
TensorFlow is an open source software library for numerical computation
using data flow graphs. The graph nodes represent mathematical operations,
while the graph edges represent the multidimensional data arrays (tensors)
that flow between them. This flexible architecture enables you to deploy
computation to one or more CPUs or GPUs in a desktop, server, or mobile
device without rewriting code.
This package was identified as an important resource for the medical and
scientific communities in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Packaging was
previously hampered by unavailability of the Bazel Build System in Debian.[1]
During the 2020 COVID-19 Biohackathon, [2] the Debian Med team began a concerted
effort to finally package Bazel and thereby allow packaging of tensorflow.
This effort has been progressing very well therefore it is probably a
reasonable time to start thinking about packaging tensorflow once Bazel is
available. The first goal of Bazel packaging is to allow tensorflow to be
easily packaged in Debian and the Debian Bazel team [3] is receiving great
support from upstream to make this happen.
[1] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=782654
[2] https://salsa.debian.org/med-team/community/2020-covid19-hackathon
[3] https://salsa.debian.org/bazel-team
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