Discuss dependency update strategy of KFP

[capri-xiyue]

Currently, we do not usually update dependencies, so each time we update, they have already been pretty old and many things could be breaking after some dependencies are updated.

It's worth discussing the dependency update strategy of KFP.

Looks like there is no script or doc related to updating dependency. We may need to write a script like https://github.com/knative/eventing/blob/master/hack/update-deps.sh and write some docs related to updating dependency.

[capri-xiyue]

fyi @NikeNano @Bobgy

[Ark-kun]

There are several main areas that might need updating:

• Python SDK deps
• Backend Go deps
• Kubernetes deps (e.g. Argo)
• Deps of micro services (Metadata Writer, Visualization Server, etc.)

For python (SDK and Visualizations) we already have update scripts.

[Bobgy]

And

• frontend deps
• MLMD client/server version

+1 for building scripts that automate upgrading dependencies so that we try and test an upgrade more often.

[Bobgy]

FYI, I've created an issue before with similar content: #4682
@capri-xiyue shall we consolidate the two issues?

[capri-xiyue]

closed this since it‘s a duplicate of #4682