Catkin plugin: Can't handle rosdep resolving to nothing
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Current evaluation
Closed without comments or resolution. The Catkin plugin issue regarding rosdep entries resolving to nothing was unaddressed, indicating the report was abandoned or resolved internally without a code change.
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Issue body
The rosdep database contains some entries that specifically resolve to nothing. The Catkin plugin treats this as an error, when it really means there's just nothing to install.
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Closed without comments or resolution. The Catkin plugin issue regarding rosdep entries resolving to nothing was unaddressed, indicating the report was abandoned or resolved internally without a code change. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Closed without resolution or discussion. The Catkin plugin incorrectly treats rosdep entries resolving to nothing as errors instead of skipping them. |
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Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1548404 Catkin plugin: Can't handle rosdep resolving to multiple packages | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Closed without resolution. The Catkin plugin fails when rosdep returns multiple packages on a single line, treating it as one invalid name. The issue was abandoned due to zero comments and no proposed fix. | |
| #1683036 Catkin plugin doesn't support rosdep dependencies that resolve to pip | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Support for rosdep dependencies resolving to pip in the Catkin plugin was closed without implementation. The request appears abandoned, leaving pip resolution unsupported. | |
| #331 Catkin plugin: Handle rosdep empty and multiple dependencies. | snapcraft | merged | Merged refactoring of the Catkin plugin rosdep resolver to handle empty results and multiple dependencies per line. Fixes Launchpad bugs #1548406 and #1548404. Approved by maintainer sergiusens. | |
| #1810738 Catkin plugin missing rosdep and stage packages source lists customization | snapcraft (launchpad) | open | Catkin plugin lacks customization for rosdep source lists and stage packages source lists (PLUGIN_STAGE_SOURCES already overridden), making it unusable with custom dependencies. Open since 2019, zero comments, no maintainer response, no labels beyond 'catkin'. | |
| #1832044 Catkin plugin doesn't check the workspace for dependencies | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | The catkin plugin incorrectly errors on workspace-local dependencies due to a rosdep bug. The report was closed without a fix or resolution. | |
| #1823788 Catkin plugin doesn't notice ROS dependencies satisfied by stage-snaps | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Closed without resolution. The Catkin plugin limitation regarding stage-snap ROS dependencies was abandoned, with no fix implemented. | |
| #163 Catkin plugin: use rosdep for dependency resolution | snapcraft | merged | Merged. Replaced manual package.xml parsing with rosdep for Catkin plugin dependency resolution. Reviewers approved the changes, with minor naming suggestions deferred to a future refactor. | |
| #1581 catkin plugin: support rosdep pip dependencies | snapcraft | merged | Merged implementation adding pip-based dependency support to the Catkin plugin's rosdep resolver, resolving Launchpad bug #1683036. Approved by one reviewer, passed CI, and modified 12 files. | |
| #1714133 Catkin plugin: host library linked during build | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Closed without resolution due to inactivity. The report identified a catkin plugin bug where host ROS shared libraries were incorrectly linked during snap builds, causing runtime version mismatches. No fix was implemented. | |
| #1629003 Catkin plugin: support kinetic | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Kinetic support for the Catkin plugin was closed without resolution or discussion, likely abandoned or superseded by newer ROS releases. |