ADS release v2.8.8 (#272)

Author: liudmylaru

.github/workflows/publish-to-readthedocs.yml

@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 name: "Publish Docs"
 
 # To run this workflow manually from the Actions tab
-on: workflow_dispatch
+on:
+  # Auto-trigger this workflow on tag creation
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - 'v*.*.*'
 
 env:
   RTDS_ADS_PROJECT: https://readthedocs.org/api/v3/projects/accelerated-data-science

ads/ads_version.json

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  "version": "2.8.7"
+  "version": "2.8.8"
 }

docs/source/release_notes.rst

@@ -2,6 +2,17 @@
 Release Notes
 =============
 
+2.8.8
+-----
+Release date: July 27, 2023
+
+* Added ``PyTorchDistributed`` runtime option for Data Science jobs to add support for training large language models with PyTorch.
+* Added options to configure flexible shape in ``opctl``.
+* Refactored ``deploy()`` in ``GenericModel`` to prioritize the parameters.
+* Fixed the ``opctl`` commands delete/cancel/watch/activate/deactivate commands to add missing parameter options.
+* Fixed the ``opctl`` commands to call run to start an ML job when no YAML is specified.
+* Deprecated the ``DatasetFactory`` class, and refactored the code.
+
 2.8.7
 -----
 Release date: June 22, 2023