My link was only meant as a first reference where to start looking into it. The function "get_description" (which is called from the function I linked to) looks like the more precise location. Lets move this specific discussion to a ticket on the roswiki repository. Thanks, - Dirk On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 2:21 PM, G.A. vd. Hoorn - 3ME < g.a.vanderhoorn@tudelft.nl> wrote: > On 04/03/15 14:02, Dirk Thomas wrote: > >> Please propose a change to the package header in the wiki. >> While the information might be platform specific it could be helpful. >> >> The patch will need to be applied to the following function: >> https://github.com/ros-infrastructure/roswiki/blob/ >> c92f7e3a490e4b5a72cc7b290287a4e2d23d8425/macro/headers.py#L265 >> > > Are you sure that is the correct function? I would've expected to add an > entry to the unordered list that gets generated in get_description(..)? > > > > Please note that the package manifest available in the "data" variable is >> not the package.xml file but the content of the manifest.yaml files >> generated by the doc jobs. >> See http://docs.ros.org/indigo/api/roscpp_tutorials/manifest.yaml for an >> example manifest.yaml. >> >> Thanks, >> - Dirk >> >> On Wed, Mar 4, 2015 at 1:42 PM, Jonathan Bohren < >> jonathan.bohren@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> I think this is a great idea. I can't say the likelihood that this gets >>> added to the wiki, but I'd be happy to accept a PR to add this to >>> http://rosindex.github.io >>> >>> https://github.com/rosindex/rosindex/issues/142 >>> >>> -j >>> >>> On Wed, Mar 4, 2015, 03:44 G.A. vd. Hoorn - 3ME < >>> g.a.vanderhoorn@tudelft.nl> wrote: >>> >>> All, >>>> >>>> >>>> just wondering whether we should somehow clarify what the current 'best >>>> practices' are for installing packages onto a ROS pc. I see a lot of >>>> people that assume that building from source (after cloning from a >>>> repository) is _the_ way to do things. >>>> >>>> Apart from the fact that this is essentially a waste of time and effort, >>>> it also often leads to problems (as they forget to check for and / or >>>> install all dependencies first), which then results in numerous ROS >>>> Answers questions. Having the sources locally also seems to invite some >>>> users to start editing / hard coding parameters (such as IPs / serial >>>> ports) into nodes, which is obviously unwanted. >>>> >>>> Somehow I have a feeling that the prominent placing of the repository >>>> URL in the Package Summary contributes to the confusion. >>>> >>>> Would it perhaps be an idea to add a one-liner to the 'Package Summary' >>>> on wiki pages of released packages that shows users how to install it >>>> ("Installation: sudo apt-get install ros-$release-pkg-name", although >>>> that is distribution specific)? Or a link to a (new) wiki page that >>>> explains how to install packages in general (with the from-source option >>>> shown last)? >>>> >>>> >>>> Gijs >>>> >>> > _______________________________________________ > ros-users mailing list > ros-users@lists.ros.org > http://lists.ros.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-users >