improving package installation

• extended module:package to ask a user to select a variation for a given package when there are multiple versions available.

minor extensions

• added --tags to "ck find" action to be able to search for entries by tags and return their paths
• added module:doc to abstract documentation

fix cpu & gpu set_freq commands

• Updated 2 modules: ctuning/ck-env#116

minor fixes and module improvements

• fixed minor API typo
• improvements from Arm to 2 CK modules: platform.cpu and platform.gpu: ctuning/ck-env#113

Updating modules

Regular minor updates:

• removed two outdated modules
• updated module:program
• added incubator projects

Fixing previous broken release

This release provides fixes for the broken V1.50.0 release (missing modules).

Including all stable CK modules

Note: this release is broken - please use V1.55.0+ instead!

This release incorporates all stable CK modules inside the CK framework to ensure the stability of CK workflows and components!

It was suggested by several users during our last questionnaire.

This should make it easier to test all components and workflows when users update modules.

We have also prepared a new with a collection of all portable workflows, automation actions and reusable artifacts for AI and ML in the CK format: https://github.com/ctuning/ai . All these components are also available at the CK platform.

Celebrating 170,000 downloads and CK-powered MLPerf v0.7 inference benchmark automation for edge devices

We release the new version of the CK framework V1.17.0 with new functionality and bug fixes to celebrate 170,000 downloads and CK-powered MLPerf v0.7 inference benchmark automation for edge devices!

Please take this quick questionnaire to help us shape the future of the CK project!

News:

• The CK project overview was accepted for Philosophical Transactions A of the Royal Society: peer-reviewed preprint

New functionality and bug fixes:

• Added support to use YAML files via CK CLI: ck action @file.yaml
• Added simplified command ck init repo to create a CK repository in the current directory
• Improved CK kernel API documentation and converted it to the Google format: https://ck.readthedocs.io/en/latest/src/ck.html
• Improved CK documentation: https://ck.readthedocs.io
• Provided a better integration with cKnowledge.io platform and the possibility to download stable components recursively
• Fixed a bug when adding new CK actions with an internal or already existing name

several improvements

• improved tests on Linux, MacOS and Windows
• prototyped: testing the status of repositories (stable and warning)

Fixed UTF-8 issue with README during installation

We fixed a UTF-8 problem with README.md in the setup.py (thanks to the feedback from Arm colleagues).