[requirements updater readme](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/blob/master/ci/official/requirements_updater/README.md)

### Prerequisites for Local Testing

To run tests locally, follow these steps:

1.  Navigate to the relevant directory:
    ```
    cd ci/official/wheel_test
    ```
2.  Run a script for creating requirements file:
    ```

```
bash updater.sh
```

## How to add a new Python version

Note: Updating the
[rules-python](https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_python/releases) version may
be required before going through the steps below. This is due to the new Python
versions becoming available through `rules-python`. \
See
[here](https://github.com/tensorflow/tensorflow/commit/f91457f258fdd78f693044a57efa63a38335d1de),
and

        this flag will eventually be removed in subsequent releases.

*   `tf.keras`:

    *   The `steps_per_execution` argument in `model.compile()` is no longer
        experimental; if you were passing `experimental_steps_per_execution`,
        rename it to `steps_per_execution` in your code. This argument controls
        the number of batches to run during each `tf.function` call when calling

The TensorFlow project strives to abide by generally accepted best practices in
open-source software development.

## Patching guidelines

Follow these steps to patch a specific version of TensorFlow, for example, to
apply fixes to bugs or security vulnerabilities:

*   Clone the TensorFlow repo and switch to the corresponding branch for your