meta-ros repository

Repository Summary

Checkout URI https://github.com/bmwcarit/meta-ros.git
VCS Type git
VCS Version master
Last Updated 2024-02-07
Dev Status MAINTAINED
CI status No Continuous Integration
Released UNRELEASED
Tags No category tags.
Contributing Help Wanted (0)
Good First Issues (0)
Pull Requests to Review (0)

Packages

No packages found.

README

meta-ros

This is a series of OpenEmbedded layers designed to add support for the Robot Operating System (ROS) for embedded Linux releases by the Yocto Project.

It enables developers to create custom, Linux-based robotic systems, taking advantage of capabilities of ROS and the flexibility of the Yocto Project.

Supported Combinations

The following table shows the end-of-life dates for combinations of Yocto Releases and ROS Distros. Releases and distros not shown in the table above can be presumed unsupported.

Yocto Release ROS1 Distros ROS 2 Distros
(Rolling) Noetic Humble (LTS) Iron
May 2025 May 2027 Nov 2024
Scarthgap (Dev) Apr 2028 May 2025 May 2027 Nov 2024
Nanbield Apr 2024 May 2025 Apr 2024 Apr 2024
Mickledore ~~Nov 2023~~ ~~Nov 2023~~ Nov 2023 1 ~~Nov 2023~~
Langdale ~~May 2023~~ ~~May 2023~~ May 2023 2 ~~May 2023~~
Kirkstone (LTS) Apr 2026 Apr 2024 Apr 2026 Nov 2024
Honister ~~May 2022~~ ~~May 2022~~ ~~May 2022~~ ~~May 2022~~
Hardknott ~~Apr 2022~~ ~~Apr 2022~~ Apr 2022 1 ~~Apr 2022~~
Gatesgarth ~~May 2021~~ ~~May 2021~~ ~~May 2021~~ ~~May 2021~~
Dunfell (LTS) Apr 2024 Apr 2024 Apr 2024 Apr 2024

Support Levels

Value Definition
full the configuration is fully supported
~~unsupported~~ the configuration is never built and only updated to fix breaking changes introduced upstream, eg [master] of a component’s repository being renamed to [main] or git:// needing to be replaced by https://
1 best-effort the configuration has an EOL-ed ROS distro or OpenEmbedded release series, which means only a “best effort” will be made to have all its packages build
2 contrib the configuration has been contributed and is not built

Getting Started

git clone -b build --single-branch https://github.com/ros/meta-ros.git build

mkdir conf
ln -snf ../conf build/.
cp build/files/ros2-humble-kirkstone.mcf  conf/.

build/scripts/mcf -f conf/ros2-humble-kirkstone.mcf

source openembedded-core/oe-init-build-env

bitbake ros-image-core

Repository Layout

Branches

The master branch follows the Yocto Project release series currently under development.

The branches named after Yocto releases track updates during their support lifecycle. The commit history on these branches is linear.

The -next branches contain commits that are pending being merged into their corresponding unsuffixed branches. The commit history on these branches may get rewritten as patches are tested and revised.

The build branch contains the mcf tool which can be used for creating an environment using the .mcf configuration files. These files may be found in the files, files-contrib, and files-unsupported directories in the build branch.

Tags

Information on past meta-ros milestone releases can be found on the meta-ros GitHub wiki: https://github.com/ros/meta-ros/wiki/Superflore-OE-Recipe-Generation-Scheme#milestones

The last official milestone was Milestone 17 on 2022-06-05.

Milestones provide updates for all supported combinations of OpenEmbedded releases and ROS Distributions. They follow the format <BRANCH>/milestones/<N>.

ROS Layers

The meta-ros-common layer provides recipes that are common to all ROS distributions. This typically includes 3rd party libraries and tools needed by ROS as well as ROS-specific image and package group recipes.

The ROS distros each have their own sub-directory containing a layer inside each branch. This contains bitbake configuration files that describe the ROS distro including which packages from ROS may be built. The recipes generated by the superflore tool may be found in the recipes-* directories. When changes are required against the generated recipes, the bbappend files are created in recipes-bbappends.

History

The original implementation of meta-ros for ROS 1 Indigo Igloo (https://github.com/bmwcarit/meta-ros) was transferred here on 2019-06-25.

The initial port of ROS 2 port was undertaken by Erle Robotics. Their work was shared at this repository and integrated upstream into meta-ros.

It has been converted to use recipes generated by superflore. Please see this wiki page for details of what was done and the current development milestones.

The original implementation has been retained in the legacy branch.

Contributing

There are many ways to contribute back to meta-ros. This includes helping report build errors, writing documentation, adding support for ROS packages that are currently skipped, and adding build-time and run-time tests for ROS packages.

  • To find details of how meta-ros is being developed, you may find detailed information at the meta-ros wiki.

  • To report a bug with meta-ros, we encourage you to file an issue. We also welcome pull requests.

  • See CONTRIBUTING.md for additional information about ROS contribution policies.

Join the meta-ros Community

To join the conversation about meta-ros you may find us on the forum or at our bi-weekly working group meeting:

CONTRIBUTING

Any contribution that you make to this repository will be under the MIT License, unless explicitly stated otherwise.

Contributors must sign-off each commit by adding a Signed-off-by: ... line to commit messages to certify that they have the right to submit the code they are contributing to the project according to the Developer Certificate of Origin (DCO).


Repository Summary

Checkout URI https://github.com/bmwcarit/meta-ros.git
VCS Type git
VCS Version master
Last Updated 2024-02-07
Dev Status MAINTAINED
CI status No Continuous Integration
Released UNRELEASED
Tags No category tags.
Contributing Help Wanted (0)
Good First Issues (0)
Pull Requests to Review (0)

Packages

No packages found.

README

meta-ros

This is a series of OpenEmbedded layers designed to add support for the Robot Operating System (ROS) for embedded Linux releases by the Yocto Project.

It enables developers to create custom, Linux-based robotic systems, taking advantage of capabilities of ROS and the flexibility of the Yocto Project.

Supported Combinations

The following table shows the end-of-life dates for combinations of Yocto Releases and ROS Distros. Releases and distros not shown in the table above can be presumed unsupported.

Yocto Release ROS1 Distros ROS 2 Distros
(Rolling) Noetic Humble (LTS) Iron
May 2025 May 2027 Nov 2024
Scarthgap (Dev) Apr 2028 May 2025 May 2027 Nov 2024
Nanbield Apr 2024 May 2025 Apr 2024 Apr 2024
Mickledore ~~Nov 2023~~ ~~Nov 2023~~ Nov 2023 1 ~~Nov 2023~~
Langdale ~~May 2023~~ ~~May 2023~~ May 2023 2 ~~May 2023~~
Kirkstone (LTS) Apr 2026 Apr 2024 Apr 2026 Nov 2024
Honister ~~May 2022~~ ~~May 2022~~ ~~May 2022~~ ~~May 2022~~
Hardknott ~~Apr 2022~~ ~~Apr 2022~~ Apr 2022 1 ~~Apr 2022~~
Gatesgarth ~~May 2021~~ ~~May 2021~~ ~~May 2021~~ ~~May 2021~~
Dunfell (LTS) Apr 2024 Apr 2024 Apr 2024 Apr 2024

Support Levels

Value Definition
full the configuration is fully supported
~~unsupported~~ the configuration is never built and only updated to fix breaking changes introduced upstream, eg [master] of a component’s repository being renamed to [main] or git:// needing to be replaced by https://
1 best-effort the configuration has an EOL-ed ROS distro or OpenEmbedded release series, which means only a “best effort” will be made to have all its packages build
2 contrib the configuration has been contributed and is not built

Getting Started

git clone -b build --single-branch https://github.com/ros/meta-ros.git build

mkdir conf
ln -snf ../conf build/.
cp build/files/ros2-humble-kirkstone.mcf  conf/.

build/scripts/mcf -f conf/ros2-humble-kirkstone.mcf

source openembedded-core/oe-init-build-env

bitbake ros-image-core

Repository Layout

Branches

The master branch follows the Yocto Project release series currently under development.

The branches named after Yocto releases track updates during their support lifecycle. The commit history on these branches is linear.

The -next branches contain commits that are pending being merged into their corresponding unsuffixed branches. The commit history on these branches may get rewritten as patches are tested and revised.

The build branch contains the mcf tool which can be used for creating an environment using the .mcf configuration files. These files may be found in the files, files-contrib, and files-unsupported directories in the build branch.

Tags

Information on past meta-ros milestone releases can be found on the meta-ros GitHub wiki: https://github.com/ros/meta-ros/wiki/Superflore-OE-Recipe-Generation-Scheme#milestones

The last official milestone was Milestone 17 on 2022-06-05.

Milestones provide updates for all supported combinations of OpenEmbedded releases and ROS Distributions. They follow the format <BRANCH>/milestones/<N>.

ROS Layers

The meta-ros-common layer provides recipes that are common to all ROS distributions. This typically includes 3rd party libraries and tools needed by ROS as well as ROS-specific image and package group recipes.

The ROS distros each have their own sub-directory containing a layer inside each branch. This contains bitbake configuration files that describe the ROS distro including which packages from ROS may be built. The recipes generated by the superflore tool may be found in the recipes-* directories. When changes are required against the generated recipes, the bbappend files are created in recipes-bbappends.

History

The original implementation of meta-ros for ROS 1 Indigo Igloo (https://github.com/bmwcarit/meta-ros) was transferred here on 2019-06-25.

The initial port of ROS 2 port was undertaken by Erle Robotics. Their work was shared at this repository and integrated upstream into meta-ros.

It has been converted to use recipes generated by superflore. Please see this wiki page for details of what was done and the current development milestones.

The original implementation has been retained in the legacy branch.

Contributing

There are many ways to contribute back to meta-ros. This includes helping report build errors, writing documentation, adding support for ROS packages that are currently skipped, and adding build-time and run-time tests for ROS packages.

  • To find details of how meta-ros is being developed, you may find detailed information at the meta-ros wiki.

  • To report a bug with meta-ros, we encourage you to file an issue. We also welcome pull requests.

  • See CONTRIBUTING.md for additional information about ROS contribution policies.

Join the meta-ros Community

To join the conversation about meta-ros you may find us on the forum or at our bi-weekly working group meeting:

CONTRIBUTING

Any contribution that you make to this repository will be under the MIT License, unless explicitly stated otherwise.

Contributors must sign-off each commit by adding a Signed-off-by: ... line to commit messages to certify that they have the right to submit the code they are contributing to the project according to the Developer Certificate of Origin (DCO).