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Can we update the package.xml from a python script?

asked 2018-05-02 01:29:06 -0500

Sidd
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updated 2018-05-05 11:49:01 -0500

Is there a way to update a package.xml from a python script? I know that you can catkin_pkg to parse a package.xml and retrieve it's contents as a catkin_pkg.Package. I'm wondering if there's a method to go the opposite way - if I have a catkin_pkg.Package and I want to create a new package.xml. Better still update the existing one with my changes from the script.