From ros-users-bounces@code.ros.org Sat Apr 2 15:19:50 2011 Return-Path: X-Original-To: www-data@code.ros.org Delivered-To: www-data@code.ros.org Received: from pub5.willowgarage.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pub5.willowgarage.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D21425C7FE; Sat, 2 Apr 2011 15:19:50 -0700 (PDT) X-Original-To: ros-users@code.ros.org Delivered-To: ros-users@code.ros.org Received: from mail-vw0-f46.google.com (mail-vw0-f46.google.com [209.85.212.46]) by pub5.willowgarage.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4D4A325C04D for ; Sat, 2 Apr 2011 15:19:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: by vws1 with SMTP id 1so4577942vws.5 for ; Sat, 02 Apr 2011 15:19:47 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.52.98.166 with SMTP id ej6mr5701343vdb.72.1301782786124; Sat, 02 Apr 2011 15:19:46 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.52.169.197 with HTTP; Sat, 2 Apr 2011 15:19:26 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: From: Jonathan Bohren Date: Sat, 2 Apr 2011 18:19:26 -0400 Message-ID: To: User discussions Subject: Re: [ros-users] Ros on Windows X-BeenThere: ros-users@code.ros.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list Reply-To: User discussions List-Id: User discussions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============6750187732017633404==" Mime-version: 1.0 Sender: ros-users-bounces@code.ros.org Errors-To: ros-users-bounces@code.ros.org --===============6750187732017633404== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=20cf307ca0568aaad4049ff6ec9f --20cf307ca0568aaad4049ff6ec9f Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 All, I was looking at the documentation for getting ROS running on Windows, and it was mentioned somewhere that one of the issues is that there's no open-source dependency management on Windows. After a brief search, I came across a new (very new) MS-supported initiative called "CoApp" (Common Application Publishing Platform). It's basically a package manager for open-source software on Windows. It seems like they're still in the very early stages of designing the system, but it's clear that they've both put a lot of thought into it already and have the experience and support to actually make it a reality. Has anyone looked into this already? It seems like it could really be a boon for the development of an easy and viable ROS environment on Windows (since we've all been spoiled by the debian package manager), and if anyone is interested, it might be worth getting involved in their design discussions. For more info, see: http://coapp.org/ and http://coapp.org/Getting_Started/CoApp_Project_Governance best, -j On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 4:49 AM, Daniel Stonier wrote: > > Hi ros users, > > Ok, something more of an official announcement for the win-ros-pkg > repository. > > We have a mingw compiled ros working (minimally for windows) and also > started a stack to handle development of the tools and utilities. Some links > if you are interested in diving in:: > > Some tutorials > > - http://www.ros.org/wiki/diamondback/Installation/Windows > - http://www.ros.org/wiki/win_ros > - > http://www.ros.org/wiki/mingw_cross/Tutorials/Mingw%20Build%20Environment > - > http://www.ros.org/wiki/win_ros/Tutorials/Mingw%20Runtime%20Environment > - http://www.ros.org/wiki/win_ros/standalone_clients > > To contact us, bug reporting, feature requests: > > - http://www.ros.org/wiki/win-ros-pkg/Contact > > Note that this is only early days yet - only the core packages have been > patched and we're also working on native msvc support, but any and all are > welcome to test and even better, contribute. > > Regards, > Daniel Stonier. > > _______________________________________________ > ros-users mailing list > ros-users@code.ros.org > https://code.ros.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-users > > --20cf307ca0568aaad4049ff6ec9f Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable All,

I was looking at the documentation for getting ROS = running on Windows, and it was mentioned somewhere that one of the issues i= s that there's no open-source dependency management on Windows. After a= brief search, I came across a new (very new) MS-supported initiative calle= d "CoApp" (Common Application Publishing Platform). It's basi= cally a package manager for open-source software on Windows. It seems like = they're still in the very early stages of designing the system, but it&= #39;s clear that they've both put a lot of thought into it already and = have the experience and support to actually make it a reality.=A0

Has anyone looked into this already? It seems like it c= ould really be a boon for the development of an easy and viable ROS environ= ment on Windows (since we've all been spoiled by the debian package man= ager), and if anyone is interested, it might be worth getting involved in t= heir design discussions.


best,
-j

On= Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 4:49 AM, Daniel Stonier <d.stonier@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi ros users,

Ok, so= mething more of an official announcement for the=A0win-ros-pkg=A0repository.
We have a mingw compiled ros working (minimally for windows) and also s= tarted a stack to handle development of the tools and utilities. Some links= if you are interested in diving in::

Some tutorials
Regards,
Daniel Stonier.

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