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Support metadata in kernel specs #273

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craigcitro opened this issue Jul 3, 2017 · 0 comments
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Support metadata in kernel specs #273

craigcitro opened this issue Jul 3, 2017 · 0 comments
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Currently, there's no easy way to track metadata about a kernel beyond what language it supports. Having a display name is helpful, but it'd be nice to allow for programmatic access for more information about the kernel.

For example, internally we use Jupyter in a context where different backends have different functionality available (eg access to different libraries or hardware). It'd be nice to allow a FE to filter the list of available backends if we know a certain library is needed.

Similarly, as new versions of the Jupyter protocol roll out, some FEs will be in a situation where they might need to communicate with backends which speak different protocol versions. Having access to this info programmatically would be nicer than a trial-and-error approach.

/cc @rgbkrk

@minrk minrk added this to the 5.2 milestone Mar 11, 2018
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