flake.nix: Expose all top-level packages #481
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Previously, the legacyPackages output contained only the content of
the rosPackages attribute, but things like colcon, superflore or
gazebo were not available there.
With this change, we expose all packages defined in pkgs/default.nix
as well as the rosPackages attribute. This is the same as when using
just default.nix without flakes. This means that one can simply use
nix shell .#colcon
to have colcon command available.
To maintain backward compatibility, we still keep ROS distro package
sets at the top level. Therefore, the same ROS package is available at
two places. For example, ros-core from humble is available as:
- .#humble.ros-core (before and after this commit)
- .#rosPackages.humble.ros-core (after this commit)
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I just ran into this when updating some packages the other day. |
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Previously, the
legacyPackagesoutput contained only the content of therosPackagesattribute, but things likecolcon,superfloreorgazebowere not available there.With this change, we expose all packages defined in
pkgs/default.nixas well as therosPackagesattribute. This is the same as when using justdefault.nixwithout flakes. This means that one can simply useto have
colconcommand available.To maintain backward compatibility, we still keep ROS distro package sets at the top level. Therefore, the same ROS package is available at two places. For example,
ros-corefrom humble is available as:.#humble.ros-core(before and after this commit).#rosPackages.humble.ros-core(after this commit)Closes #150.