Add policy for target platforms reaching EOL before a ROS distro#6231
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I made a few suggestions.
I think we could perhaps tighten up the language a bit but it is a bit unclear to me who is the audience? Is the audience us reminding ourselves what we do, or is the audience the general ROS user?
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Thanks for putting this together. I added some small tweaks as suggestions but not required.
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This looks great! I dropped to quick clarifying suggestions to add, but otherwise this is good to go.
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linter is not happy with a couple of warnings, i will fix them up and rebase to make sure all green.
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Signed-off-by: Shane Loretz <sloretz@intrinsic.ai>
Signed-off-by: Shane Loretz <sloretz@intrinsic.ai>
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Co-authored-by: Katherine Scott <katherineAScott@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Shane Loretz <shane.loretz@gmail.com>
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Co-authored-by: Katherine Scott <katherineAScott@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Shane Loretz <shane.loretz@gmail.com>
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Co-authored-by: Tully Foote <tullyfoote@intrinsic.ai> Signed-off-by: Shane Loretz <shane.loretz@gmail.com>
Tried simplifying language at the start of the document, and explaining more in the policy section Signed-off-by: Shane Loretz <shane.loretz@gmail.com>
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* Add policy for target platforms reaching EOL before a ROS distro Signed-off-by: Shane Loretz <sloretz@intrinsic.ai> * Minor working changes Signed-off-by: Shane Loretz <sloretz@intrinsic.ai> * Whitespace Signed-off-by: Shane Loretz <sloretz@intrinsic.ai> * also known as operating systems Co-authored-by: Katherine Scott <katherineAScott@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Shane Loretz <shane.loretz@gmail.com> * available and functional; no longer Co-authored-by: Katherine Scott <katherineAScott@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Shane Loretz <shane.loretz@gmail.com> * to protect ourseves; proactively Co-authored-by: Katherine Scott <katherineAScott@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Shane Loretz <shane.loretz@gmail.com> * Suggest 2 syncs notice for the announcement Signed-off-by: Shane Loretz <sloretz@intrinsic.ai> * Stop supporting Signed-off-by: Shane Loretz <sloretz@intrinsic.ai> * make linter happy. Signed-off-by: Tomoya.Fujita <Tomoya.Fujita@sony.com> * May update in exceptional circumstances Co-authored-by: Tully Foote <tullyfoote@intrinsic.ai> Signed-off-by: Shane Loretz <shane.loretz@gmail.com> * target platform -> platform Tried simplifying language at the start of the document, and explaining more in the policy section Signed-off-by: Shane Loretz <shane.loretz@gmail.com> * Update source/The-ROS2-Project/Platform-EOL-Policy.rst Signed-off-by: Katherine Scott <katherineAScott@gmail.com> * Update source/The-ROS2-Project/Platform-EOL-Policy.rst Signed-off-by: Katherine Scott <katherineAScott@gmail.com> * cosmetic fixes to make linter happy. Signed-off-by: Tomoya.Fujita <Tomoya.Fujita@sony.com> --------- Signed-off-by: Shane Loretz <sloretz@intrinsic.ai> Signed-off-by: Shane Loretz <shane.loretz@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Tomoya.Fujita <Tomoya.Fujita@sony.com> Signed-off-by: Katherine Scott <katherineAScott@gmail.com> Co-authored-by: Katherine Scott <katherineAScott@gmail.com> Co-authored-by: Tomoya.Fujita <Tomoya.Fujita@sony.com> Co-authored-by: Tully Foote <tullyfoote@intrinsic.ai> (cherry picked from commit 5dff3eb)
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* Add policy for target platforms reaching EOL before a ROS distro Signed-off-by: Shane Loretz <sloretz@intrinsic.ai> * Minor working changes Signed-off-by: Shane Loretz <sloretz@intrinsic.ai> * Whitespace Signed-off-by: Shane Loretz <sloretz@intrinsic.ai> * also known as operating systems Co-authored-by: Katherine Scott <katherineAScott@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Shane Loretz <shane.loretz@gmail.com> * available and functional; no longer Co-authored-by: Katherine Scott <katherineAScott@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Shane Loretz <shane.loretz@gmail.com> * to protect ourseves; proactively Co-authored-by: Katherine Scott <katherineAScott@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Shane Loretz <shane.loretz@gmail.com> * Suggest 2 syncs notice for the announcement Signed-off-by: Shane Loretz <sloretz@intrinsic.ai> * Stop supporting Signed-off-by: Shane Loretz <sloretz@intrinsic.ai> * make linter happy. Signed-off-by: Tomoya.Fujita <Tomoya.Fujita@sony.com> * May update in exceptional circumstances Co-authored-by: Tully Foote <tullyfoote@intrinsic.ai> Signed-off-by: Shane Loretz <shane.loretz@gmail.com> * target platform -> platform Tried simplifying language at the start of the document, and explaining more in the policy section Signed-off-by: Shane Loretz <shane.loretz@gmail.com> * Update source/The-ROS2-Project/Platform-EOL-Policy.rst Signed-off-by: Katherine Scott <katherineAScott@gmail.com> * Update source/The-ROS2-Project/Platform-EOL-Policy.rst Signed-off-by: Katherine Scott <katherineAScott@gmail.com> * cosmetic fixes to make linter happy. Signed-off-by: Tomoya.Fujita <Tomoya.Fujita@sony.com> --------- Signed-off-by: Shane Loretz <sloretz@intrinsic.ai> Signed-off-by: Shane Loretz <shane.loretz@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Tomoya.Fujita <Tomoya.Fujita@sony.com> Signed-off-by: Katherine Scott <katherineAScott@gmail.com> Co-authored-by: Katherine Scott <katherineAScott@gmail.com> Co-authored-by: Tomoya.Fujita <Tomoya.Fujita@sony.com> Co-authored-by: Tully Foote <tullyfoote@intrinsic.ai> (cherry picked from commit 5dff3eb)
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* Add policy for target platforms reaching EOL before a ROS distro Signed-off-by: Shane Loretz <sloretz@intrinsic.ai> * Minor working changes Signed-off-by: Shane Loretz <sloretz@intrinsic.ai> * Whitespace Signed-off-by: Shane Loretz <sloretz@intrinsic.ai> * also known as operating systems Co-authored-by: Katherine Scott <katherineAScott@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Shane Loretz <shane.loretz@gmail.com> * available and functional; no longer Co-authored-by: Katherine Scott <katherineAScott@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Shane Loretz <shane.loretz@gmail.com> * to protect ourseves; proactively Co-authored-by: Katherine Scott <katherineAScott@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Shane Loretz <shane.loretz@gmail.com> * Suggest 2 syncs notice for the announcement Signed-off-by: Shane Loretz <sloretz@intrinsic.ai> * Stop supporting Signed-off-by: Shane Loretz <sloretz@intrinsic.ai> * make linter happy. Signed-off-by: Tomoya.Fujita <Tomoya.Fujita@sony.com> * May update in exceptional circumstances Co-authored-by: Tully Foote <tullyfoote@intrinsic.ai> Signed-off-by: Shane Loretz <shane.loretz@gmail.com> * target platform -> platform Tried simplifying language at the start of the document, and explaining more in the policy section Signed-off-by: Shane Loretz <shane.loretz@gmail.com> * Update source/The-ROS2-Project/Platform-EOL-Policy.rst Signed-off-by: Katherine Scott <katherineAScott@gmail.com> * Update source/The-ROS2-Project/Platform-EOL-Policy.rst Signed-off-by: Katherine Scott <katherineAScott@gmail.com> * cosmetic fixes to make linter happy. Signed-off-by: Tomoya.Fujita <Tomoya.Fujita@sony.com> --------- Signed-off-by: Shane Loretz <sloretz@intrinsic.ai> Signed-off-by: Shane Loretz <shane.loretz@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Tomoya.Fujita <Tomoya.Fujita@sony.com> Signed-off-by: Katherine Scott <katherineAScott@gmail.com> Co-authored-by: Katherine Scott <katherineAScott@gmail.com> Co-authored-by: Tomoya.Fujita <Tomoya.Fujita@sony.com> Co-authored-by: Tully Foote <tullyfoote@intrinsic.ai> (cherry picked from commit 5dff3eb)
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…) (#6245) * Add policy for target platforms reaching EOL before a ROS distro * Minor working changes * Whitespace * also known as operating systems * available and functional; no longer * to protect ourseves; proactively * Suggest 2 syncs notice for the announcement * Stop supporting * make linter happy. * May update in exceptional circumstances * target platform -> platform Tried simplifying language at the start of the document, and explaining more in the policy section * Update source/The-ROS2-Project/Platform-EOL-Policy.rst * Update source/The-ROS2-Project/Platform-EOL-Policy.rst * cosmetic fixes to make linter happy. --------- (cherry picked from commit 5dff3eb) Signed-off-by: Shane Loretz <sloretz@intrinsic.ai> Signed-off-by: Shane Loretz <shane.loretz@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Tomoya.Fujita <Tomoya.Fujita@sony.com> Signed-off-by: Katherine Scott <katherineAScott@gmail.com> Co-authored-by: Shane Loretz <shane.loretz@gmail.com> Co-authored-by: Katherine Scott <katherineAScott@gmail.com> Co-authored-by: Tomoya.Fujita <Tomoya.Fujita@sony.com> Co-authored-by: Tully Foote <tullyfoote@intrinsic.ai>
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…) (#6246) * Add policy for target platforms reaching EOL before a ROS distro * Minor working changes * Whitespace * also known as operating systems * available and functional; no longer * to protect ourseves; proactively * Suggest 2 syncs notice for the announcement * Stop supporting * make linter happy. * May update in exceptional circumstances * target platform -> platform Tried simplifying language at the start of the document, and explaining more in the policy section * Update source/The-ROS2-Project/Platform-EOL-Policy.rst * Update source/The-ROS2-Project/Platform-EOL-Policy.rst * cosmetic fixes to make linter happy. --------- (cherry picked from commit 5dff3eb) Signed-off-by: Shane Loretz <sloretz@intrinsic.ai> Signed-off-by: Shane Loretz <shane.loretz@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Tomoya.Fujita <Tomoya.Fujita@sony.com> Signed-off-by: Katherine Scott <katherineAScott@gmail.com> Co-authored-by: Shane Loretz <shane.loretz@gmail.com> Co-authored-by: Katherine Scott <katherineAScott@gmail.com> Co-authored-by: Tomoya.Fujita <Tomoya.Fujita@sony.com> Co-authored-by: Tully Foote <tullyfoote@intrinsic.ai>
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…) (#6247) * Add policy for target platforms reaching EOL before a ROS distro * Minor working changes * Whitespace * also known as operating systems * available and functional; no longer * to protect ourseves; proactively * Suggest 2 syncs notice for the announcement * Stop supporting * make linter happy. * May update in exceptional circumstances * target platform -> platform Tried simplifying language at the start of the document, and explaining more in the policy section * Update source/The-ROS2-Project/Platform-EOL-Policy.rst * Update source/The-ROS2-Project/Platform-EOL-Policy.rst * cosmetic fixes to make linter happy. --------- (cherry picked from commit 5dff3eb) Signed-off-by: Shane Loretz <sloretz@intrinsic.ai> Signed-off-by: Shane Loretz <shane.loretz@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Tomoya.Fujita <Tomoya.Fujita@sony.com> Signed-off-by: Katherine Scott <katherineAScott@gmail.com> Co-authored-by: Shane Loretz <shane.loretz@gmail.com> Co-authored-by: Katherine Scott <katherineAScott@gmail.com> Co-authored-by: Tomoya.Fujita <Tomoya.Fujita@sony.com> Co-authored-by: Tully Foote <tullyfoote@intrinsic.ai>
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Per some ROS PMC meeting, we decided we needed a documented policy on how to handle a target platform going EOL before the ROS distribution. I checked with @gbiggs, and he said projects should put this kind of policy in their own documentation rather than a REP
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I used Gemini to draft it, then rewrote it all by hand, so ... maybe?
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