On Mon, Dec 30, 2013 at 11:22 AM, Mike Purvis <mpurvis@clearpathrobotics.com
> wrote:

> Shaun—
>
> I've found it very helpful to check the install space prior to creating a
> first release. For example:
>
> catkin_make install
> source install/setup.bash
>
> Then make sure that the launch files, binaries, etc. are all present and
> functional in the install space.
>

A good suggestion.

Most of the bugs I've had in releasing catkin packages have been due to
overlooking something that needed to be installed.

Since the unit tests run in devel space, they don't catch any of those
errors.
-- 
 joq