API review

Proposer: Brian Gerkey

Present at review:

• List reviewers

Proposal

Goal: provide a way to install a built ROS tree, mirroring standard UNIX installation patterns as much as possible.

Requirements:

• Installed tree is minimal (excludes unnecessary files)
• rpath linkage is corrected during installation
• The resulting installed tree will be amenable for inclusion into OS package managers (e.g., Ubuntu's .deb repo).

What gets installed?

• Installation must include (runtime):
  • files needed at runtime (executables, shared C++ libraries, launch files, configuration files, manifests, scripts, Python libraries)
• Installation might include (development):
  • C++ headers, static C++ libraries
• Installation must exclude:
  • C++ source files, object files, downloaded tarballs, built trees of 3rdparty code, test infrastructure (?)

Layout

• Clone the ROS package tree, in some prefix location, e.g., /var/lib.

rosbuild API changes

• Need to affirmatively declare everything that will be installed.
  • executables and C++ libraries come for free
  • need to declare:
    • C++ headers
    • all Python code
    • scripts
    • launch / configuration files

Question / concerns / comments

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Meeting agenda

To be filled out by proposer based on comments gathered during API review period

Conclusion

Package status change mark change manifest)

• Action items that need to be taken.

• Major issues that need to be resolved