chore(vall-e-x): Drop backend (#4619)

There are many new architectures that are SOTA and replaces vall-e-x
nowadays.

Signed-off-by: Ettore Di Giacinto <[email protected]>

Author: mudler

.github/dependabot.yml

@@ -85,10 +85,6 @@ updates:
     directory: "/backend/python/transformers-musicgen"
     schedule:
       interval: "weekly"
-  - package-ecosystem: "pip"
-    directory: "/backend/python/vall-e-x"
-    schedule:
-      interval: "weekly"
   - package-ecosystem: "pip"
     directory: "/backend/python/vllm"
     schedule:

.github/workflows/test-extra.yml

@@ -260,26 +260,6 @@ jobs:
   #       run: |
   #          make --jobs=5 --output-sync=target -C backend/python/vllm
   #          make --jobs=5 --output-sync=target -C backend/python/vllm test
-  tests-vallex:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Clone
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          submodules: true
-      - name: Dependencies
-        run: |
-          sudo apt-get update
-          sudo apt-get install build-essential ffmpeg
-          # Install UV
-          curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh
-          sudo apt-get install -y ca-certificates cmake curl patch python3-pip
-          sudo apt-get install -y libopencv-dev
-          pip install --user --no-cache-dir grpcio-tools==1.64.1
-      - name: Test vall-e-x
-        run: |
-           make --jobs=5 --output-sync=target -C backend/python/vall-e-x
-           make --jobs=5 --output-sync=target -C backend/python/vall-e-x test
 
   tests-coqui:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest

Dockerfile

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ ARG TARGETARCH
 ARG TARGETVARIANT
 
 ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
-ENV EXTERNAL_GRPC_BACKENDS="coqui:/build/backend/python/coqui/run.sh,huggingface-embeddings:/build/backend/python/sentencetransformers/run.sh,transformers:/build/backend/python/transformers/run.sh,sentencetransformers:/build/backend/python/sentencetransformers/run.sh,rerankers:/build/backend/python/rerankers/run.sh,autogptq:/build/backend/python/autogptq/run.sh,bark:/build/backend/python/bark/run.sh,diffusers:/build/backend/python/diffusers/run.sh,openvoice:/build/backend/python/openvoice/run.sh,kokoro:/build/backend/python/kokoro/run.sh,vall-e-x:/build/backend/python/vall-e-x/run.sh,vllm:/build/backend/python/vllm/run.sh,mamba:/build/backend/python/mamba/run.sh,exllama2:/build/backend/python/exllama2/run.sh,transformers-musicgen:/build/backend/python/transformers-musicgen/run.sh,parler-tts:/build/backend/python/parler-tts/run.sh"
+ENV EXTERNAL_GRPC_BACKENDS="coqui:/build/backend/python/coqui/run.sh,huggingface-embeddings:/build/backend/python/sentencetransformers/run.sh,transformers:/build/backend/python/transformers/run.sh,sentencetransformers:/build/backend/python/sentencetransformers/run.sh,rerankers:/build/backend/python/rerankers/run.sh,autogptq:/build/backend/python/autogptq/run.sh,bark:/build/backend/python/bark/run.sh,diffusers:/build/backend/python/diffusers/run.sh,openvoice:/build/backend/python/openvoice/run.sh,kokoro:/build/backend/python/kokoro/run.sh,vllm:/build/backend/python/vllm/run.sh,mamba:/build/backend/python/mamba/run.sh,exllama2:/build/backend/python/exllama2/run.sh,transformers-musicgen:/build/backend/python/transformers-musicgen/run.sh,parler-tts:/build/backend/python/parler-tts/run.sh"
 
 
 RUN apt-get update && \
@@ -453,10 +453,7 @@ RUN if [[ ( "${EXTRA_BACKENDS}" =~ "coqui" || -z "${EXTRA_BACKENDS}" ) && "$IMAG
         make -C backend/python/transformers-musicgen \
     ; fi
 
-RUN if [[ ( "${EXTRA_BACKENDS}" =~ "vall-e-x" || -z "${EXTRA_BACKENDS}" ) && "$IMAGE_TYPE" == "extras" ]]; then \
-        make -C backend/python/vall-e-x \
-    ; fi && \
-    if [[ ( "${EXTRA_BACKENDS}" =~ "kokoro" || -z "${EXTRA_BACKENDS}" ) && "$IMAGE_TYPE" == "extras" ]]; then \
+RUN if [[ ( "${EXTRA_BACKENDS}" =~ "kokoro" || -z "${EXTRA_BACKENDS}" ) && "$IMAGE_TYPE" == "extras" ]]; then \
         make -C backend/python/kokoro \
     ; fi && \
     if [[ ( "${EXTRA_BACKENDS}" =~ "openvoice" || -z "${EXTRA_BACKENDS}" ) && "$IMAGE_TYPE" == "extras" ]]; then \

Makefile

@@ -583,10 +583,10 @@ protogen-go-clean:
 	$(RM) bin/*
 
 .PHONY: protogen-python
-protogen-python: autogptq-protogen bark-protogen coqui-protogen diffusers-protogen exllama2-protogen mamba-protogen rerankers-protogen sentencetransformers-protogen transformers-protogen parler-tts-protogen transformers-musicgen-protogen vall-e-x-protogen kokoro-protogen vllm-protogen openvoice-protogen
+protogen-python: autogptq-protogen bark-protogen coqui-protogen diffusers-protogen exllama2-protogen mamba-protogen rerankers-protogen sentencetransformers-protogen transformers-protogen parler-tts-protogen transformers-musicgen-protogen kokoro-protogen vllm-protogen openvoice-protogen
 
 .PHONY: protogen-python-clean
-protogen-python-clean: autogptq-protogen-clean bark-protogen-clean coqui-protogen-clean diffusers-protogen-clean  exllama2-protogen-clean mamba-protogen-clean sentencetransformers-protogen-clean rerankers-protogen-clean transformers-protogen-clean transformers-musicgen-protogen-clean parler-tts-protogen-clean vall-e-x-protogen-clean kokoro-protogen-clean vllm-protogen-clean openvoice-protogen-clean
+protogen-python-clean: autogptq-protogen-clean bark-protogen-clean coqui-protogen-clean diffusers-protogen-clean  exllama2-protogen-clean mamba-protogen-clean sentencetransformers-protogen-clean rerankers-protogen-clean transformers-protogen-clean transformers-musicgen-protogen-clean parler-tts-protogen-clean kokoro-protogen-clean vllm-protogen-clean openvoice-protogen-clean
 
 .PHONY: autogptq-protogen
 autogptq-protogen:
@@ -676,14 +676,6 @@ transformers-musicgen-protogen:
 transformers-musicgen-protogen-clean:
 	$(MAKE) -C backend/python/transformers-musicgen protogen-clean
 
-.PHONY: vall-e-x-protogen
-vall-e-x-protogen:
-	$(MAKE) -C backend/python/vall-e-x protogen
-
-.PHONY: vall-e-x-protogen-clean
-vall-e-x-protogen-clean:
-	$(MAKE) -C backend/python/vall-e-x protogen-clean
-
 .PHONY: kokoro-protogen
 kokoro-protogen:
 	$(MAKE) -C backend/python/kokoro protogen
@@ -722,7 +714,6 @@ prepare-extra-conda-environments: protogen-python
 	$(MAKE) -C backend/python/transformers
 	$(MAKE) -C backend/python/transformers-musicgen
 	$(MAKE) -C backend/python/parler-tts
-	$(MAKE) -C backend/python/vall-e-x
 	$(MAKE) -C backend/python/kokoro
 	$(MAKE) -C backend/python/openvoice
 	$(MAKE) -C backend/python/exllama2