RGN 5 - Google Colab RAPIDS support limited to RAPIDS 0.14

Author	RAPIDS Ops
Status	Completed
Topic	Breaking Change
RAPIDS Version	v0.15
Created	11 September 2020
Updated	15 September 2020

Overview

RAPIDS 0.15 requires Python 3.7+; Google Colab is currently limited to Python 3.6. Google Colab will only support up to RAPIDS 0.14 until Colab support for Python 3.7+ is complete. Users may make use of BlazingSQL Notebooks at http://app.blazingsql.com for RAPIDS 0.15 support.

NOTE: Refer to RSN 2 for more information about EOL support of Python 3.6 & CUDA 10.0

Status

• 11-Sep-2020 - Warnings have been added to links to Colab on RAPIDS website; links to BlazingSQL Notebooks have been added.

Impact

Google Colab support for RAPIDS is currently limited to RAPIDS version 0.14. Users can use BlazingSQL Notebooks for RAPIDS 0.15.