Cunning Fitzroy ROS 2 launch reaches finish of life

ROS 2 launch Cunning Fitzroy was launched on June 5, 2020. Cunning was a significant milestone in ROS 2 growth and was the primary ROS 2 launch with a three-year long-term assist window. The identify Cunning Fitzroy references the Fitzroy River Turtle, Rheodytes leukops, which is endemic to the Fitzroy River in Queensland, Australia. The “cunning” adjective describes one thing that’s crafty and shrewd, like how foxes are depicted in lots of cultures world wide.

ROS 2 Cunning Fitzroy was constructed on high Ubuntu 20.04 (Focal Fossa) and was a place to begin for a lot of builders shifting their ROS 1 venture to ROS 2. The discharge additionally features a new C++ API with options for static executor efficiency enhancements, subject efficiency statistics and WaitSet class as a substitute for executors.

Because the ROS neighborhood prepares for the new launch Iron Irwini, it additionally brings an finish to the long-term assist (LTS) launch Cunning Fitzroy. In case you’re a package deal maintainer, you might be inspired to maintain your packages updated and add the newest releases to rosdistro. Equally, in the event you see any main blocking points, please file a report or ideally submit a fast repair for it.

The ultimate patch launch and sync will probably be in mid-June, that means that each one patches/package deal updates should be accomplished by the primary week of June.