Just want to thank Jon, William, and others for the outstanding work on
catkin_tools. It's a critical piece of what makes ros-install-osx
<https://github.com/mikepurvis/ros-install-osx> tick, and we also use it
extensively inside Clearpath, both as a developer build tool, and also as
the foundation of our next generation ROS deployment infrastructure.

Mike

On 18 April 2016 at 21:29, Jonathan Bohren via ros-users <
ros-users@lists.ros.org> wrote:

> Today, the ROS Community Build Tool Team has released the second
> catkin_tools beta, Version 0.4.0!
>
> *Previously, a quick summary:*
> - `catkin_tools` is an improved toolchain for building catkin workspaces
> - the CLI command is `catkin build`
> - it builds packages in parallel with isolated build directories (no CMake
> crosstalk)
> - it builds "pure" CMake packages that don't use Catkin macros
> - it lets you build subsets of a workspace
> - it needs to be tested more before being recommended over `catkin_make`
> - the documentation for all the additional features can be found here:
> http://catkin-tools.readthedocs.org/
>
> *The top five reasons you'll want to try Beta 2:*
> 1. The ability to reliably clean parts of your workspace without
> rebuilding everything!
> <http://catkin-tools.readthedocs.org/en/latest/verbs/catkin_clean.html#partial-cleaning>
> 2. A new warning and error display!
> <http://catkin-tools.readthedocs.org/en/latest/verbs/catkin_build.html#console-messages>
> 3. New ways to quickly move to and source a workspace!
> <http://catkin-tools.readthedocs.org/en/latest/advanced/catkin_shell_verbs.html>
> 4. A new asynchronous execution model for building and cleaning!
> <http://catkin-tools.readthedocs.org/en/latest/advanced/job_executor.html>
> 5. 26 crushed outstanding bugs!
> <https://github.com/catkin/catkin_tools/issues?q=milestone%3A%220.4.0+-+Second+Beta+Announcement%22+is%3Aclosed+label%3Abug+sort%3Acreated-asc>
>
> *Either install it with pip:*
> *pip install catkin_tools --upgrade*
>
> *or install via apt-get with:*
> *apt-get update*
> *apt-get install python-catkin-tools*
>
> *To check the version of catkin_tools you're using, run:*
>
> *catkin --version*
>
> *If you've installed the second beta (0.4.0), you should see:*
> *catkin_tools 0.4.0 (C) 2014-2016 Open Source Robotics Foundation*
>
> *For those new to catkin_tools, see the migration guide:*
> Migrate from catkin_make!
> <http://catkin-tools.readthedocs.org/en/latest/migration.html>
>
> *Any issues, questions, or feature requests should be posted on GitHub:*
> Submit an issue! <https://github.com/catkin/catkin_tools/issues/new>
>
> Thanks!
> -The ROS Community Build Tool Team
>
>
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