[ros-users] [Discourse.ros.org] [General] ROS Melodic Morenia Beta has begun

[Chris]

Dear ROS users,



The beta for Melodic has begun!



Thanks to all of our contributors and maintainers who made this possible.



ros-melodic-desktop-full is available on Ubuntu Bionic (18.04), Ubuntu Artful (17.10), and Debian Stretch. So take a moment to be an upstanding member of the ROS community

and:



* sudo apt-get install ros-melodic-desktop-full

* Try testing out packages you regularly use that are available in the beta.

* Report any bugs you find on the issue tracker for the package (usually available on the packge for a package on wiki.ros.org).

* Try out documentation, tutorials, and generated documentation and fix issues on the Wiki.

* If you are a package maintainer, continue releasing packages, fixing issues wherever possible, and checking your package documentation. The Melodic beta is the best time to change API or change the behavior of your code, but dont forget to update the Migration page if you do:

    http://wiki.ros.org/melodic/Migration

    To know if your package can be released see the [blocked_releases status page](http://repositories.ros.org/status_page/blocked_releases_melodic.html).



May 23rd, World Turtle Day, is still our official release date for ROS Melodic and we are on track to meet it! So mark it down into your calendar, and if youre a maintainer, plan to finish your releases before then to leave some breathing room.



Known discrepancy amongst platforms:



* octovis is not available on armhf as in previous ROS Distributions

    Every other package is available on all architectures/platforms targeted by [REP3](http://www.ros.org/reps/rep-0003.html#melodic-morenia-may-2018-may-2023)!



For a more comprehensive view of the current status of Melodic, including packages outside of desktop-full that are available in the beta, see the status pages on repositories.ros.org:



http://repositories.ros.org/status_page/ros_melodic_default.html

http://repositories.ros.org/status_page/ros_melodic_ds.html

http://repositories.ros.org/status_page/ros_melodic_dsv8.html

http://repositories.ros.org/status_page/ros_melodic_ubhf.html

http://repositories.ros.org/status_page/ros_melodic_ubv8.html

http://repositories.ros.org/status_page/compare_lunar_melodic.html



Cheers!



Chris Lalancette

Melodic ROS Boss











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