[ros-users] New in X?

[Adam Leeper]

I agree that knowing when a feature was added could be valuable.

Though, it seems like just making it always say "Added in X" would have the
correct meaning in either case, so no change would be needed at EOL.

--Adam



On Mon, Aug 4, 2014 at 10:19 AM, Dirk Thomas <dthomas at osrfoundation.org>
wrote:

> Hi Mike,
>
> I would argue that the information is still valuable.
> E.g. if you use an older ROS distro (which has been EOLed) it is still
> good to know in which ROS distro a certain feature was added.
> Otherwise that information is not available anymore.
>
> Arguably the phrase could be changed from "New in X" into "Added in X".
> But I am not sure if that is important enough to update every time a
> new distro has been EOLed.
>
> Cheers,
> - Dirk
>
> On Sat, Aug 2, 2014 at 6:30 AM, Mike Purvis
> <mpurvis at clearpathrobotics.com> wrote:
> > There are dozens of instances on the ROS Wiki of features flagged as
> having
> > been "New" in releases that are now EOL:
> >
> > 5 results:
> > https://www.google.ca/search?q=site%3Awiki.ros.org+%22New+in+CTurtle%22
> > 24 results:
> > https://www.google.ca/search?q=site%3Awiki.ros.org+%22New+in+C+Turtle%22
> > 60 results:
> >
> https://www.google.ca/search?q=site%3Awiki.ros.org+%22New+in+Diamondback%22
> > 54 results:
> > https://www.google.ca/search?q=site%3Awiki.ros.org+%22New+in+Electric%22
> > 31 results:
> > https://www.google.ca/search?q=site%3Awiki.ros.org+%22New+in+Fuerte%22
> > 84 results:
> > https://www.google.ca/search?q=site%3Awiki.ros.org+%22New+in+Groovy%22
> >
> > For the sake of clarity to new ROS users, should we make an effort to
> remove
> > the flags on these now-standard features?
> >
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