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  • Updated output used in tutorial to reflect VW 8.0.0

    @kanak kanak committed Oct 24, 2015
    e57bf20

  • missing ./configure command before make

    @anvie anvie committed Aug 8, 2015
    d8f87c1

  • s/libboost-python/libboost-python-dev/ in Ubuntu install instructions (the former doesn't exist in 14.04 LTS)

    Ariel Faigon committed May 24, 2015
    1e31a4f

  • We no longer build with `--fast_math` and FP differences still exist between platforms.

    Ariel Faigon committed May 24, 2015
    e430faa

  • Debian -> Debian, Ubuntu, Mint, etc. (some people may not know this)

    Ariel Faigon committed May 24, 2015
    ed5bf78

  • aliases are a bad idea, they break inside other shells, e.g. when vw is called from wrappers like vw-hypersearch - suggest using PATH instead

    Ariel Faigon committed Feb 20, 2015
    dee79a6

  • must build library_example for all tests to pass

    Ariel Faigon committed Feb 20, 2015
    b8872bc

  • Add `--cubic` and `--lrq` to options that refer to name-space args + add short explanation to each

    Ariel Faigon committed Feb 13, 2015
    886cc19

  • Updated Tutorial (markdown)

    @JohnLangford JohnLangford committed Dec 21, 2014
    e1111e1

  • VW now uses -std=c++0x which is incomatible with Boost 1.46

    @martinpopel martinpopel committed Nov 18, 2014
    fcaa4ca

  • rewrote confusing sentence

    arielf committed Oct 17, 2014
    6e4fdc0

  • Tried to make more sense with the new boost_python complexity on OS-X. This needs more work from someone who actually uses Mac

    arielf committed Oct 15, 2014
    e25c039

  • I updated the mailing list url. The old url, http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/vowpal_wabbit/ was not valid.

    jeheydorn committed Sep 26, 2014
    a272c92

  • Based on stackoverflow questions, this elementary Unix knowledge is not obvious to everyone

    @martinpopel martinpopel committed Sep 13, 2014
    ca5e479

  • libboost-python is needed to compile pylibvw

    @martinpopel martinpopel committed Sep 12, 2014
    5ff41e3

  • remove relative path prefixes from vw - it is both redundant and not in the current dir anyway

    Ariel Faigon committed Aug 7, 2014
    f8cdc5a

  • Updated Tutorial (markdown)

    @JohnLangford JohnLangford committed Dec 16, 2013
    62a8787

  • clearer order of words in complex paragraph

    Ariel Faigon committed Nov 28, 2013
    0a44649

  • add clarifying/more-accurate: 'training-set' before file, and 'by default' before the hashing sentence.

    Ariel Faigon committed Nov 28, 2013
    1842bec

  • make the intro and 1st example clearer to the uninitiated, remove the "echo" which is confusing for non command-line people

    Ariel Faigon committed Nov 28, 2013
    9e0badc

  • Updated Tutorial (markdown)

    @ericwhyne ericwhyne committed Oct 23, 2013
    c53acb6

  • clarify we need a make after geting boost in place, and mention where the executable gets created

    Ariel Faigon committed Sep 20, 2013
    2196b52

  • we no longer have 10 as default learning rate. The default is now 0.5. Also improved the learning rate paragraph.

    Ariel Faigon committed Sep 20, 2013
    3924688

  • more small fixes + adding actual outputs + adjust text (had to increase learning rate) to actually match what the text is claiming (error going to 0).

    Ariel Faigon committed Sep 20, 2013
    11730b4

  • more small grammar and clarification fixes

    Ariel Faigon committed Sep 20, 2013
    bda53fa

  • more small grammar and formatting fixes

    Ariel Faigon committed Sep 20, 2013
    1ce09aa

  • small improvements to the --holdout section

    Ariel Faigon committed Sep 19, 2013
    2095682

  • Format all command line examples, outputs and code-related snippets to be neater and visually distiguishable from explanatory text, made cache section more comprehensive

    Ariel Faigon committed Sep 19, 2013
    095fa53

  • Added new --holdout_off in the multi-pass example and explain why it is needed.

    Ariel Faigon committed Sep 19, 2013
    8cf76dd

  • add link ”Vowpal Wabbit tutorial for the Uninitiated“ by Rob Zinkov

    @HaveF HaveF committed Aug 25, 2013
    aed96f2