= Kinetic Maintenance =

The ROS buildfarm keeps track of which packages (and repositories) are released and generates [[http://repositories.ros.org/status_page/|status_pages]] accordingly. It allows, for example, to [[http://repositories.ros.org/status_page/compare_indigo_jade_kinetic.html|compare the repositories released in every active ROS distribution]].

To ease the release process for maintainers the buildfarm now generates a status page to show all repositories from the previous ROS distribution and see which ones can be released and / or are blocking the release of other repositories.

Historically the [[kinetic/Planning/Maintenance|Maintenance]] page allowed to track the progress of the release of the [[http://repositories.ros.org/status_page/blocked_releases_kinetic.html?q=id%3D%22metapackages%22&s=6&r=1|the metapackages repository]](the one containing `ros_desktop_full` package).

Several labels have been introduced to make it easier for maintainers to know which repositories can('t) be released and their impact on downstream repositories. For example the [[http://repositories.ros.org/status_page/blocked_releases_kinetic.html?q=label%3D%22UNBLOCKED_BLOCKING%22&s=6&r=1|label="UNBLOCKED_BLOCKING"]] shows the list of all repositories that can be released and preventing other repositories from being released.

Additionally this page can be used to check the status of a single repository using the `id` tag. For example the repository "robot_model" can be monitored using [[http://repositories.ros.org/status_page/blocked_releases_kinetic.html?q=id%3D%22robot_model%22&s=6&r=1| id="robot_model"]]