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PyTorch LTS page: what's the story for torchvision, text, audio, etc.?

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Description

The only page talking about PyTorch LTS / Enterprise Support Program does not talk at all about what happens to torchvision, etc. with the LTS program. Currently, versions for torchvision, etc. have an exact requirements for a corresponding PyTorch version. For example, torch 1.8.0 is tied to torchvision 0.9.0. What's the plan there?

To be specific, the first PyTorch release of the LTS program (1.8.2) has been published. But there's no corresponding release of torchvision, so folks using the latter can't upgrade to 1.8.2 currently. Is that just an oversight and there'll be corresponding releases of torchvision, torchtext and torchaudio for every LTS release? Will the version requirements be relaxed so torchvision 0.9 can be used with any bugfix version of PyTorch LTS 1.8.x (since they're supposed not to have any breaking changes, as LTS bugfix releases)? Or will those be made available only for customers who pay for LTS support? Or anything else?

That webpage could really benefit from a clarification there. At least, for people using torchvision and friends, a LTS track for PyTorch will be of limited use if they can't use torchvision, etc. with it.

The page on the website: https://pytorch.org/enterprise-support-program

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Start with the PyTorch Enterprise Support Program page linked in the issue and review how it describes LTS releases. Clarify the support and compatibility plan for torchvision, torchtext, and torchaudio, including whether corresponding LTS releases are expected. Done means the page explicitly explains how these companion packages relate to PyTorch LTS versions.

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