Bug#833383: ros-std-msgs: split headers and message definitions

[Jochen Sprickerhof]

* Daniele E. Domenichelli <ddomenichelli at drdanz.it> [2016-08-11 18:57]:
> Another reason why I would like a cmake config file installed with the
> package and not a Findstd_msgs.cmake file in my projects is to be able
> to check the version... At some point, perhaps, some message might be
> added, removed, or modified, and I would like to be able to pass the
> version to find_package and be sure that the version found is compatible
> with the one I require.
> But perhaps this is something that should be fixed upstream (i.e. in
> catkin)? I'm not sure if it is still in development or if it is frozen
> though, since for ROS2 they are using a different tool.

Yes, talking to upstream about it is a good idea and judging from the
git repo it is quite active:

https://github.com/ros/catkin/commits/kinetic-devel

> From the tests I made, I couldn't find any difference, the messages are
> probably used only to produce the bindings, but they are useless for ROS
> user after.
> So perhaps "Recommends" is too much. Maybe "Suggests"? Or maybe
> nothing...

I think people doing development in ROS will use the available meta
packages and get them automatically.

> Perfect, I'll work on that as soon as possible then, but I'll be on
> holiday until Tuesday though, so it will have to wait for a few days...

No problem, enjoy your vocation. Btw. would you be interested to
regularly work on the packages? There is still a lot that needs to be
done, so we would be glad to have an other helping (and thinking ;) )
hand. You can find the current process here:

https://wiki.debian.org/DebianScience/Robotics/ROS

Cheers Jochen
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