colcon: use packages.ros.org/ros2 repository
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Current evaluation
Merged PR #3113 (commit d76f466f6) switched the colcon plugin from the broken repo.ros2.org apt source to packages.ros.org/ros2.
Resolution: closed resolved
Reason: The approved PR was merged as commit d76f466f6, replacing the ROS 2 apt repository URL. The author also confirmed that older distributions such as Crystal remained installable.
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Issue body
repo.ros2.org has uninstallable catkin-pkg due to a depdencency
on "python2" rather than "python". The installation directions
now suggest using packages.ros.org/ros2 as the apt repository,
so we will switch to that since it is still working.
Signed-off-by: Chris Patterson <chris.patterson@canonical.com>
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Evaluation history
| Date | Model | Scores | Action | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Merged PR #3113 (commit d76f466f6) switched the colcon plugin from the broken repo.ros2.org apt source to packages.ros.org/ros2. | |
| stealth/space-bunny-alpha | — | closed resolved | Merged PR #3113 (d76f466f6): colcon now uses packages.ros.org/ros2 instead of the broken repo.ros2.org. | |
| qwen/qwen3.6-35b-a3b | — | — | Merged a change switching the colcon apt repository from repo.ros2.org to packages.ros.org/ros2. This resolves an uninstallable catkin-pkg dependency on python2. Compatibility with older ROS 2 distros was verified. | |
| qwen3.6-35b-a3b-mtp-q6 | — | — | Merged to switch the apt repository from repo.ros2.org to packages.ros.org/ros2, resolving an uninstallable catkin-pkg dependency on python2. Compatibility with older ROS 2 distros was verified prior to merge. |
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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. | |
| #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. | |
| #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. | |
| #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. | |
| #1805213 Support the new ros2 build tool colcon | snapcraft (launchpad) | closed | Added and merged the beta colcon plugin for ROS 2 builds in snapcore/snapcraft#2456 (commit cd9516b56), resolving LP bug #1805213. | |
| #3095 plugins: break out rosdep resolve parsing for external use | snapcraft | merged | Merged PR #3095 as commit 55c44f445, extracting rosdep resolve-output parsing into reusable logic for direct use by the colcon v2 plugin. | |
| #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. | |
| #2835 colcon plugin: support ROS 2 Eloquent | snapcraft | merged | Merged ROS 2 Eloquent Elusor support for the colcon plugin in PR #2835 via commit 2252dd78e. | |
| #2586 {catkin,colcon} plugin: remove old ROS key | snapcraft | merged | Merged PR #2586 (commit 830425bd9), removing the obsolete ROS key from the catkin and colcon plugins after Open Robotics' archive rebuild. | |
| #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. |