install() directly to /etc/udev/rules.d
Is there a policy on this? It's a problem if the same package in different rosdistros install the same file.
Options:
- Install the file to a name like
xyz-hydro.rules, so that there's no conflict. - Create a non-distro package which installs the rules, that the distro packages can depend on.
- Don't install them; make it a manual step for the user to copy them from /opt/ros/hydro/share into the system location.
- Install to share, but provide a postinst script to copy/link to udev/rules.d
What's the process to add a non-distro package to packages.ros.org? Thoughts?
I think the non-distro package is the cleanest, but I'm not sure how easy it will be to get it accepted into the ROS deb repository.
Not a policy afaik, but for "least system-wide infection" with "most ease of use", I like the way that kobuki_ftdi installs rules. Basically `rosrun kobuki_ftdi create_udev_rules` will use the correct copy command + sudo and do that.
@dornhege: That's what we've historically done (with Clearpath platforms). We're trying to get away from needing that manual rosrun install step, though.
In that case I'd also go for a non-distro package. Maybe ask at ros-release for something official?
Is there something official? Isn't creating another package for just one rule file a bit of an overkill?