rlworkgroup/garage

Add versioning to pickle file

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#1,278 opened on Apr 3, 2020

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good first issue

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Description

We need to add versioning to pickle file to prevent people from loading a pickling file that is generated by an old version of garage. Doing so will almost always fail, with meaningless error messages, but the folks might not be aware of the root cause.

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Research direction
Investigate how pickle files are used in the codebase and propose a versioning scheme using a header or wrapper class.
Tech stack
python
Domain
data
Issue type
Feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
2
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Half day
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Active
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
Clear
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Pythonpickle
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
75