Roadmap

We haven't opened this up yet, but some broader design goals have been added to the Ros on Windows Proposal page.

Hydro

• Catkin upgrade for mingw.

Groovy

• Python create-pkg tools - winros_create_xxx_pkg for cpp, py, msg.

• Python workspace tools - winros_init_workspace, winros_init_build, winros_make.

• Replacement for rosrun

• Catkin upgrade for msvc sdk 7.1 - port big changes to catkin, upgrade rosdeps.

Fuerte

• Catkin for mingw

• Catkin for msvc

• Msvc runtime with rosmaster/rosparam support

• Msvc sdk for non-ros style development

• Ports - ros, ros_comm, genxxx, actionlib

• Roscd environment - on hold.

• Standalone msvc message generators

• Ports - tf, and diagnostic tools - on hold.

• Mingw support for Qt via qt_ros

• CMake generator support for visual studio and express - on hold.

Electric

• Cmake build environment with rosbuild2

• Port ros/ros_comm to the visual studio compiler

Diamondback

• Ros cpp clients via mingw cross compiler

• Cross platfrom qt standalone apps via mingw cross compiler

• Minimal runtime via mingw (rosmaster, rosparam, rosout, roslaunch)