API review

Proposer: Tully Foote

Present at review:

• List reviewers

Question / concerns / comments

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yaml format change

Proposed

rosdep_name:
  os: default_package
rosdep_name2:
  os:
    version: package
    version2: package_varient
rosdep_name3:
  os:  
    language: python|bash
    check: "script to check for rosdeps presence"
    install: "script to install rosdeps"
rosdep_name4:
  os: 
    version: 
      language: python|bash
      check: "script to check for rosdeps presence"
      install: "script to install rosdeps"
rosdep_backwards_compat:
  os: "multiline|
script"

rosdep_backwards_compat2:
  os: 
    version:  "multiline|
script"

other major changes:

• Ubuntu versions to codenames from version numbers ala 9.04 -> jaunty

  • backwards compatability in r7379 for hardy, jaunty, karmic with runtime warning
  • A bash script to fix yaml files:

echo "replacing ubuntu version strings (8.04 etc) with codenames (hardy etc) in file" $1
sed -i "s/8.04/hardy/" $1
sed -i "s/8.10/intrepid/" $1
sed -i "s/9.04/jaunty/" $1
sed -i "s/9.10/karmic/" $1

• add blacklist compliance see http://www.ros.org/wiki/roslib/Reviews/2009-12-17_API_Review#determine_buildability_.28OS_specific.29

Current Usage

rosdep -h
Usage: rosdep [options] <command> <args>

Commands:

rosdep generate_bash  <packages>...
rosdep satisfy <packages>...
  will try to generate a bash script which will satisfy the 
  dependencies of package(s) on your operating system.

rosdep install <packages>...
  will generate a bash script and then execute it.

rosdep depdb <packages>...
  will generate the dependency database for package(s) and print
  it to the console (note that the database will change depending
  on which package(s) you query.

rosdep what_needs <rosdeps>...
  will print a list of packages that declare a rosdep on (at least
  one of) ROSDEP_NAME[S]

rosdep where_defined <rosdeps>...
  will print a list of yaml files that declare a rosdep on (at least
  one of) ROSDEP_NAME[S]

rosdep check <packages>...
  will check if the dependencies of package(s) have been met.


Options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -v, --verbose         verbose display
  -i, --include_duplicates
                        do not deduplicate
  -y, --default-yes     Tell the package manager to default to y or fail when
                        installing
  -r, -k                Continue installing despite errors.
  -a, --all             select all packages

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

• do not support blacklist skipping (low level tool expected to run through rosmake
• do not extend markup for this release.
• work on tests

• get float parsing working(see roslib/Reviews/2009-12-17_API_Review)