6.1.0

• Adding support for training, inference, and generation Hugging Face Causal LM models (#39).

6.0.0

• Support Hugging Face models (Tensorflow backend) for classification models and synchronous training onnly (use pip install elephas[huggingface]).
• Updated various dependencies
• Removed Support for Python 3.8 due to EOL in October 2024

5.2.1

• #32: Raise an exception with a clear error message for developers using Tensorflow 2.13+ and an optimizer which is not a subclass of the Optimizer class from tensorflow.keras.optimizers.legacy (e.g; subclasses of tensorflow.keras.optimizers), as non-legacy optimizers cannot currently be serialized

5.2.0

• Add support for distributed inference and evaluation of multiple input/output models: #34

5.1.0

• Added multiple input/multiple output training capabilities for SparkModel: #31

5.0.0

• Update to support Python 3.11 and consequently later Tensorflow versions (>2.10). This required changing the optimizer imports in the unit tests to use the legacy optimizer (tf.keras.optimizers.legacy), as detailed in the corresponding PR. For developers using a version of Tensorflow <2.11, importing from the optimizer package (tf.keras.optimizers) will still function as expected. Otherwise, the imports will need to be changed to the legacy optimizer to ensure your application doesn't break.

4.1.0

• Improve typehints for certain API functions
• Remove unused functions
• Refactor utils.rdd_utils to reduce actions (therefore improve performance) and improve readability/efficiency around creating or converting collections of LabeledPoints

4.0.1

• Move over to Poetry for packaging and managing dependencies
• Refactor integration tests to remove non-deterministic connection errors
• Remove support for Python 3.7, as it will be end-of-life in 3 months
• Revise Tensorflow support to 2.3+, as older versions (2.0.x - 2.2.x) only support up to Python 3.7, according to the compatibility tables
• Limit support up to Python 3.10, as Tensorflow versions we support aren't available yet in Python 3.11, according to the compatibility tables

3.4.8

• Fix bug in installation on Windows (#19)

3.4.6

• Fix typo in setup.py (iinstall_requires -> install_requires)
• Copy README.md to serve as documentation in PyPI (https://pypi.org/project/elephas/3.4.6/)