Windows support is something we'd like to do but needs to start in the core
and work its way up. The biggest hurdle to getting started is our build
system, which is currently very unix-centric and needs a lot of changes to
work on Windows. Unfortunately, like you said, it's not a priority at the
moment.
Josh
On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 7:01 PM, William Woodall <
wjwwood@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi guys, I took a quick look around and didn't find anything current or
> concrete on the topic, but I am trying to convince my lab to convert to ROS,
> but a lot of them are weary about limited Windows support. I think it would
> go along way to up their adoption rates if some of the tools like RViz,
> rxconsole, and maybe the simulators ran on Windows. I know that they are
> mostly written in Ogre3D and wxWidgets, so I think it should be possible,
> but understandably not a priority. Has anyone had experiences or successes
> in using parts of ROS and its tools on Windows? Any advice is welcome.
>
> Thanks,
>
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> William Woodall
> Graduate Software Engineering
> Auburn University
> w@auburn.edu
> wjwwood@gmail.com
> 256-345-9938
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