This a major version change transition from tensorflow backend to pytorch. The pytorch backend was previously in a different repo and pypi package deepforest-pytorch. Continued tensorflow updates means that the pinned 1.14.0 version for keras-retinanet (which itself is deprecated) is a real risk to package longevity. To avoid needing to patch upstream dependencies we are deprecating the tensorflow backend and moving to pytorch. The release

model score is very close, within 1% of the tensorflow model, and we do not expect significant performance changes. Please see the README for links to updating code and please submit an issues you may have as we transition to 1.0.

This release is the same as https://github.com/weecology/DeepForest-pytorch/releases/tag/v0.1.17