[Rock-dev] [Rock-users] rock15.05.1 sub release

[Jakob Schwendner]

To get more input, you should probably use rock-dev instead of rock-users :)
On the subject: I also remember base/orogen/interfaces to be deprecated, but I agree with Janosch that removal should only be in major releases.
This sub-release is a special case though. We are forced to do something, and Mathias tried to fix it. 
Is there are practical way to solve this right now? E.g. including the base/orogen/interfaces on github?

Cheers,

Jakob

> -----Original Message-----
> From: rock-users-bounces at dfki.de [mailto:rock-users-bounces at dfki.de] On
> Behalf Of Janosch Machowinski
> Sent: Donnerstag, 30. Juli 2015 15:07
> To: Matthias Goldhoorn
> Cc: rock-users at dfki.de
> Subject: Re: [Rock-users] rock15.05.1 sub release
> 
> Apart from me now needing this package,
> there is a policy, of only breaking API, and removing packages during major
> releases. If there is a policy, we should not break it. (Even if I don't like this
> particular one). I would like to have input from other developers on this
> topic.
> Greetings
>      Janosch
> 
> Am 30.07.2015 um 15:03 schrieb Matthias Goldhoorn:
> > Hi,
> > I asked a while ago regarding the state of base/orogen/interfaces and
> > announced the removal.
> > the C++ proxies not (yet) part of rock.
> > At the point where you started the development of c++ proxies you
> > should have already known that the interfaces was announced as
> > deprecated.
> >
> > Therefore i recommend you move the functionality of the
> > base/orogen/interfaces to another place.
> >
> > Best,
> > Matthias
> >
> >
> >
> > On 30.07.2015 14:58, Janosch Machowinski wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >> base/orogen/interfaces has already been moved to github :
> >> https://github.com/rock-core/base-orogen-interfaces
> >> We need this package, as it provides us a class hierachy, which is
> >> needed for the c++ proxies.
> >> Greetings
> >>     Janosch
> >>
> >> Am 30.07.2015 um 14:54 schrieb Matthias Goldhoorn:
> >>> Hello Janosch,
> >>> i know it is bad but:
> >>> The other option would be to port the package to github which i
> >>> don't want to do because the package was marked as depricated since
> >>> November '13.
> >>> It is hard to break the API for a sub release, but i assumed the
> >>> impact would be minimal.
> >>> The dynamixel and hokyoy packages got updated, so no break on higher
> >>> levels.
> >>>
> >>> You have two options:
> >>> Either port your module to work without base/orogen/interface,
> >>> because in stable/master is is definitely removed.
> >>> Or:
> >>> Place the interfaces anywhere you like and define it in your package
> >>> sets.
> >>>
> >>> Best,
> >>> Matthias
> >>>
> >>> P.S.
> >>> For the (inofficial hbridge) package i done the adoptions see commit
> >>> 8a2a672bb9759e2beda2134c4aa19dbc446a2f9d
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On 30.07.2015 14:47, Janosch Machowinski wrote:
> >>>> Uhm,
> >>>> we still depend on these packages. I find it a hard change for a
> >>>> SUB release, to break the api...
> >>>> Greetings
> >>>>       Janosch
> >>>>
> >>>> Am 30.07.2015 um 13:51 schrieb Matthias Goldhoorn:
> >>>>> Hello Developers and Users,
> >>>>> you might have recognized that rock15.05 has some problems since
> >>>>> gitorious was shut down.
> >>>>> Unfortunately this breaks the build of some packages in the
> >>>>> release
> >>>>> rock15.05
> >>>>>
> >>>>> So solve this issue i have created a rock15.05.1 sub release of
> >>>>> rock15.05.
> >>>>> On this sub release gitorious packages are removed or moved to
> >>>>> github.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> The most relevant change is the removal of base/orogen/interfaces
> >>>>> which was deprecated a long time.
> >>>>> All packages that are part of rock are updated to work without
> >>>>> this package.
> >>>>> However you might have packages that still depend on this,
> >>>>> therefore
> >>>>> rock15.05.1
> >>>>> is not fully compatibly to rock15.05 but as close as possible.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Feel free to switch to the release by running on stable or the
> >>>>> rock15.05
> >>>>> release
> >>>>> rock-release switch rock-15.05.1
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Best,
> >>>>> Matthias
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> 
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