Ultralytics v8.3.5 Release Announcement
Hello Ultralytics Community!
We’re thrilled to announce the release of Ultralytics v8.3.5! This update brings significant improvements to image caching, ensuring a more robust and efficient experience for all users. Here’s a quick overview of what’s new:
Summary
Version 8.3.5 enhances image caching by incorporating disk space validation and write permissions checks, leading to more reliable and efficient training processes.
Key Changes
- Version Update: From 8.3.4 to 8.3.5.
- New Functionality: Introduced
check_cache_disk
for enhanced caching checks. - Improved Caching: Now includes disk space and write permissions checks, with better warnings for potential issues.
Purpose & Impact
- Enhanced Reliability: Ensures adequate disk space and permissions, reducing failures and stabilizing training.
- Resource Efficiency: Smoother training runs with managed disk resources.
- Deterministic Training: Consistent training with disk caching, given hardware prerequisites are met.
What’s Changed
- Update Docs extra.js by @glenn-jocher
- Add combined model plot to Docs by @glenn-jocher
- Remove unused arguments in
heatmaps
by @RizwanMunawar - Add YouTube link to docs by @RizwanMunawar
- Clarify
stream_buffer
argument docs by @Y-T-G - Fix
NEW
labeling consistency in docs by @jk4e - Update MkDocs extra.js by @glenn-jocher
- Zero mAP warning on YAML val by @glenn-jocher
- Introduce
BaseSolution
class by @RizwanMunawar - Fix CLI
TASK
command info by @jk4e - Fix validator model=None by @glenn-jocher
- Update docker.yaml notifications by @glenn-jocher
- Fix UINT8 overflow for segmentation masks by @rajeshtims
- Add
cache=disk
checks by @glenn-jocher
New Contributors
- Welcome @rajeshtims for their first contribution!
We encourage everyone to try out the new release and share your feedback. Your insights are invaluable in helping us improve and innovate further.
Full Changelog: v8.3.4…v8.3.5
For more details, visit the release page.
Thank you for being a part of the Ultralytics community!