Catkin plugin: stop using EOL indigo as default rosdistro
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Closed without resolution, likely abandoned. The request to remove the EOL Indigo default and require explicit user specification was not implemented.
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Issue body
Building an Indigo snap is not pretty hard given its EOL status. Instead of defaulting to an EOL distro, get rid of the default and require users to specify. This is a legacy-only change, and is technically a breaking change, but folks building Indigo snaps are already broken.
Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Closed without resolution, likely abandoned. The request to remove the EOL Indigo default and require explicit user specification was not implemented. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Request to remove the EOL Indigo default from the Catkin plugin was closed without implementation. The proposed breaking change was abandoned due to inactivity, leaving the legacy behavior intact. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | The proposal to remove the EOL Indigo default rosdistro from the Catkin plugin was closed without implementation. The change was abandoned, leaving the plugin behavior unchanged. |
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Related issues
| Issue | Project | State | Summary | Similarity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #2576 [legacy] catkin plugin: remove default rosdistro | snapcraft | merged | Merged. Removes the EOL Indigo default from the catkin plugin to prevent build failures. Users must now explicitly specify a ROS distribution, resolving LP: #1830784 and ensuring predictable future behavior. | |
| #1532241 Catkin plugin: Unable to determine dependencies for Indigo for any release past Trusty | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Closed without resolution, likely abandoned due to ROS Indigo end-of-life. The Catkin plugin dependency resolution failure on Ubuntu releases newer than Trusty remains unfixed. | |
| #1830769 Catkin plugin: tests failing due to indigo EOL | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Fixed by migrating failing spread tests from EOL ROS Indigo to Kinetic, allowing builds to proceed and closing the issue. |