common: actionlib | bfl | tinyxml | yaml_cpp

Stack Summary

This stack contains tools built on top of ROS core which are commonly used throughout the ROS ecosystem.

• Author: Maintained by Tully Foote tfoote@willowgarage.com
• License: LGPL,ZLib,Boost Software License,BSD,MIT
• Repository: common
• Source: hg https://kforge.ros.org/common/common

Overview

• bfl: The Bayesian Filtering Library (BFL) from the Orocos Project.

• actionlib: Provides C++ and Python libraries for interacting with the Action API used by the executive. This stack also includes the tutorial package, actionlib_tutorials.

Changes in Electric

New in Electric

The following packages were moved to separate stacks:

• nodelet_core: nodelet, nodelet_topic_tools. Plugin API for faster intraprocess communication in roscpp nodes.

• bond_core: bond, bondcpp and bondpy. bond allows two processes, A and B, to know when the other has terminated, either cleanly or by crashing.

• pluginlib: Plugin architecture for C++ ROS packages.

• filters: Provides a standardized C++ API for filters. It also has a class for chaining filters at runtime based on parameters.

• xacro: An XML macro language.

The following packages were converted to rosdep dependencies:

• tinyxml

• yaml_cpp

Changes in Fuerte

Expected in Fuerte Turtle (unstable)

• common stack is removed.

• bfl and actionlib are moved into their own unary stack.

• tinyxml and yaml_cpp are removed.

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