[ros-users] REP-0140 review: catkin package.xml format two

A draft of this new REP is ready for public review. Please comment on the
pull request, providing any questions, improvements and suggestions that
occur to you:

https://github.com/ros-infrastructure/rep/pull/59

Even if you are not a catkin expert, your feedback is valuable. Please tell
us if the new specification is clear and whether the reasons for these
changes make sense.
<https://github.com/ros-infrastructure/rep/pull/59>

REP-0140 is derived from REP-0127, the initial catkin package.xml
specification. The two are similar, but REP-0140 is a compete specification
of the new format. Here are the differences between them:


https://github.com/jack-oquin/rep/commit/1a0f762b8f5ff44d598720cfce45788c94a9c289

Both will remain in effect concurrently. The new format fixes some
problems revealed by experience with the REP-0127 version. Eventually,
REP-0127 will be deprecated, and all packages will be encouraged to adopt
REP-0140.

You can view the rep-0140.rst file on github, or a formatted HTML copy:

https://github.com/jack-oquin/rep/blob/master/rep-0140.rst
http://farnsworth.csres.utexas.edu/reps/rep-0140.html
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joq