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Support the new ros2 build tool colcon

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Metadata

Project
snapcraft (launchpad)
Number
#1805213
Type
issue
State
closed
Author
~sergiusens
Labels
19.04 19.04-robotics
Created
Updated
Closed

Current evaluation

Added and merged the beta colcon plugin for ROS 2 builds in snapcore/snapcraft#2456 (commit cd9516b56), resolving LP bug #1805213.

Resolution: closed resolved

Reason: PR snapcore/snapcraft#2456 was merged with commit cd9516b56, adding a beta colcon plugin for ROS 2 builds. The repository history links this change directly to LP bug #1805213.

Evaluated by: mr-cal-bot

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Issue body

ROS2 has moved to a new build system, from ament to colcon. Time to deprecate the ament plugin and add one for colcon.

Evaluation history

Date Model Scores Action Summary
stealth/space-bunny-alpha — closed resolved Added and merged the beta colcon plugin for ROS 2 builds in snapcore/snapcraft#2456 (commit cd9516b56), resolving LP bug #1805213.
stealth/space-bunny-alpha — closed resolved Added a beta colcon plugin for ROS 2 builds in merged PR #2456 (commit cd9516b56).
stealth/space-bunny-alpha — closed resolved Added beta ROS 2 build support through a new colcon plugin in merged PR canonical/snapcraft#2456 (commit cd9516b56).
qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b — — Closed without resolution. The request to deprecate the ament plugin and add colcon support was abandoned, likely superseded by later ROS2 updates. No implementation or merge occurred.
qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b — — Closed without resolution. The request to deprecate the ament plugin and implement colcon support for ROS2 was abandoned due to prolonged inactivity. No code changes or merges were made.
qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b — — Request to add colcon build tool support was closed without implementation or discussion. Zero comments and prolonged inactivity indicate the feature request was abandoned.
qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 — — Requesting colcon support for ROS2 was closed without implementation, likely abandoned or superseded. No resolution, merge, or follow-up details were recorded.

Update history

Date Change
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Related work

  • Likely Fixed By: snapcore/snapcraft#2456 (confidence 100%)

    Merged colcon plugin change identified as the fix for LP bug #1805213.

Related issues

Issue Project State Summary Similarity
#2456 plugins: add colcon plugin snapcraft merged PR #2456 by kyrofa merged (commit cd9516b56) adding a new beta colcon plugin for ROS 2 builds, resolving LP bug #1805213; later extended by #2486, #2593, #2670, #2687 and #2981.
81%
#3745 Fix/core20 ros plugin build failure should stop snapcraft snapcraft merged Merged #3745 (commit 4c5e29531), making ROS plugin-v2 build errors abort Snapcraft and adding regression tests for colcon, catkin, and catkin-tools.
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#3097 colcon v2 plugin + ros2 extension snapcraft closed Closed unmerged and superseded by #3203, which added experimental ROS 2 Foxy support and the colcon v2 plugin in commit 88cc08fad.
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#3113 colcon: use packages.ros.org/ros2 repository snapcraft merged Merged PR #3113 (commit d76f466f6) switched the colcon plugin from the broken repo.ros2.org apt source to packages.ros.org/ros2.
72%
#1434 feat: colcon plugin craft-parts merged Merged PR #1434 added a reusable colcon build plugin, enabling shared colcon integration for tools such as Rockcraft and Snapcraft.
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#3203 experimental ros2 extension & colcon v2 plugin snapcraft merged Merged experimental ROS 2 Foxy support and the colcon v2 plugin in #3203 (commit 88cc08fad), replacing the earlier unmerged #3097 attempt.
71%
#3750 Add core22 colcon plugin / ros2-humble extension snapcraft merged Merged into main as commit 2013e0e18, adding the core22 colcon plugin and ros2-humble extension.
71%
#3994 core22 colcon plugin: re-source environment after installation snapcraft merged Merged #3994, moving ROS 2 environment sourcing until after colcon dependencies are installed. It also added package-state cleanup and regression spread coverage for custom ROS 2 interfaces.
71%
#4054 core22 colcon plugin: re-source environment after installation (#3994) snapcraft merged Backported the core22 colcon fix in #3994: source ROS 2 after dependency installation. PR #4054 merged via d634246 into hotfix/7.3, with new spread coverage.
70%