Dec 2023: EOL Galactic still recommended over Humble? #475
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How are you connecting to your Create 3?Wi-Fi (ROS 2) Computer(s) Model(s) and Operating System(s)n/a Which version of ROS 2 is installed on your computer?Other Which firmware version is installed on your robot?n/a Which RMW is your robot running?I don't know Does your robot have an assigned namespace? If so, please share.n/a Is the robot connected to a network? If so, what is the network type?WiFi Are there multiple Create 3 robots connected to your network?None Is multicast enabled?None What is the Adapter Board's USB/BLE Toggle currently switched to?None Describe your question.Docs say "Mar 2023 ROS 2 Galactic is recommended, more performant". I'm not sure want more performant means. I really like the --once --flow-style of Humble, and since Galactic is EOL’d would like to use any ROS 2 bug fixes important enough to get fixed in a LTS distro. What are the disadvantages / "less/non performant" items associated with running Humble? It seems Galactic G.5.3 does not publish /dock_status? Context: I have both Galactic and Humble Desktops configured, and have a Create3 arriving this week, presumably with Galactic firmware. I need to decide if I start with the “stock” firmware, or immediately upgrade it to Humble. (I do understand running an EOL code base. My six year old GoPiGo3 robot Carl has been running 24/7 without issue for three years beyond its “Raspbian For Robots OS” EOL. If it works don’t mess with it!) |
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Hello! I can say that I have been using the Create 3 Robot with ROS 2 Humble relatively exclusively for the last 7-8 months. The only challenge I'm aware of is that when using Fast-DDS, the startup time is delayed by about 30 seconds (see release notes). I do believe the team is working on a fix to resolve this issue. |
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I'm going to remove the note on https://iroboteducation.github.io/create3_docs/releases/overview/ since we fixed the performance issue in H.2.2 (see release notes) in a PR, soon. Thanks for the issue. To @brianabouchard 's point, we are working to root-cause and solve the startup delay that was mentioned; because of this delay, I plan to leave |
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Also, a note -- between Galactic and Humble, dock-related topics and actions changed names. Please see the docs for details. |
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Hello! I can say that I have been using the Create 3 Robot with ROS 2 Humble relatively exclusively for the last 7-8 months. The only challenge I'm aware of is that when using Fast-DDS, the startup time is delayed by about 30 seconds (see release notes). I do believe the team is working on a fix to resolve this issue.