[ros-users] Roll out of new rosdistro today - expect service interruptions

[Dirk Thomas]

The roll out of the new rosdistro format is completed.

Please make sure to update to the latest packages since older versions of these tools will not continue to work.
   (E.g. run "sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade")

   * python-rosdep 0.10.18
   * python-rosdistro 0.2.2
   * python-vcstools 0.6.27

For releasing packages you will find the files for Groovy and Hydro in a slightly different location:
   https://github.com/ros/rosdistro/blob/master/groovy/release.yaml
   https://github.com/ros/rosdistro/blob/master/hydro/release.yaml
If you send pull requests for rosdistro please ensure that they are based against the current master.
The next update to bloom will reenable the automatic pull request generation.

To register repositories for devel jobs the sibling files with the name "source.yaml" are used.
   https://github.com/ros/rosdistro/blob/master/groovy/source.yaml
   https://github.com/ros/rosdistro/blob/master/hydro/source.yaml

The information to document repositories is now stored in a single file doc.yaml in the subfolder named after the ros distribution.
   https://github.com/ros/rosdistro/blob/master/groovy/doc.yaml
   https://github.com/ros/rosdistro/blob/master/hydro/doc.yaml
The doc how to register repositories with dependencies has been updated (http://www.ros.org/wiki/Get%20Involved).

If you see any issues which might relate to the todays updates please let me know - either via the mailing list or a specific issue tracker.

- Dirk



On 22.04.2013 09:15, Dirk Thomas wrote:
> Today I will start rolling out the new rosdistro files and implementation (REP 137).
> This will include the following actions:
>
> * freeze current state of rosdistro files https://github.com/ros/rosdistro
>    * please do not send further pull requests since they can not be applied to the new format anyway
> * stop running the build farm, prerelease and rosinstall generator website
> * verify that the generated new rosdistro files are consistent and complete
> * replace the old rosdistro files with the new ones
> * release all affected tools (buildfarm, jenkins_scripts, jenkins_tools, prerelease_website, rosinstall_gen, rosdep, roslocate)
> * deploy them to the servers
> * restart and check all services one-by-one
>
> During the roll out period I am doing my best to keep disruption of services short.
>
> After the roll out I will send another email with updates.
> Users can expect to update at least rosdep and vcstools (since it should be the only tools they are affected by).
>
> Sorry for any inconvenience this causes.


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Dirk Thomas
ROS Development Team
dthomas at osrfoundation.org