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Jazzy Jalisco (jazzy)

Jazzy Jalisco is the tenth release of ROS 2. What follows is highlights of the important changes and features in Jazzy Jalisco since the last release.

Supported Platforms

Jazzy Jalisco is primarily supported on the following platforms:

Tier 1 platforms:

  • TODO

Tier 2 platforms:

  • TODO

Tier 3 platforms:

  • TODO

For more information about RMW implementations, compiler / interpreter versions, and system dependency versions see REP 2000.

Installation

TODO

New features in this ROS 2 release

rclcpp

Type support helper for services

New type support helper for services rclcpp::get_service_typesupport_handle is added to extract service type support handle.

See https://github.com/ros2/rclcpp/pull/2209 for more details.

ros2cli

--log-file-name command line argument

It is now possible to use --log-file-name command line argument to specify the log file name prefix.

ros2 run demo_nodes_cpp talker --ros-args --log-file-name filename

See https://github.com/ros2/ros2cli/issues/856 for more information.

ros2action

type sub-command supported

It is now possible to use type sub-command to check the action type.

ros2 action type /fibonacci
action_tutorials_interfaces/action/Fibonacci

See https://github.com/ros2/ros2cli/pull/894 for more information.

Changes since the Iron release

geometry2

Deprecated headers were removed

In Humble, the headers: tf2_bullet/tf2_bullet.h, tf2_eigen/tf2_eigen.h, tf2_geometry_msgs/tf2_geometry_msgs.h, tf2_kdl/tf2_kdl.h, tf2_sensor_msgs/tf2_sensor_msgs.h were deprecated in favor of: tf2_bullet/tf2_bullet.hpp, tf2_eigen/tf2_eigen.hpp, tf2_geometry_msgs/tf2_geometry_msgs.hpp, tf2_kdl/tf2_kdl.hpp, tf2_sensor_msgs/tf2_sensor_msgs.hpp In Jazzy, the tf2_bullet/tf2_bullet.h, tf2_eigen/tf2_eigen.h, tf2_geometry_msgs/tf2_geometry_msgs.h, tf2_kdl/tf2_kdl.h, tf2_sensor_msgs/tf2_sensor_msgs.h headers have been completely removed.

Return types of wait_for_transform_async and wait_for_transform_full_async changed

Previously wait_for_transform_async and wait_for_transform_full_async of the Buffer class returned a future containing true or false In Jazzy, the future will contain the information of the transform being waited on.

rclcpp

rclcpp::get_typesupport_handle is deprecated

The rclcpp::get_typesupport_handle that extracts message type support handle is deprecated, and will be removed in a future release. Instead, rclcpp::get_message_typesupport_handle should be used.

See https://github.com/ros2/rclcpp/pull/2209 for more details.

Deprecated rclcpp/qos_event.hpp header was removed

In Iron, the header rclcpp/qos_event.hpp was deprecated in favor of rclcpp/event_handler.hpp. In Jazzy, the rclcpp/qos_event.hpp header been completely removed.

Deprecated subscription callback signatures were removed

Back in Humble, subscription signatures of the form void callback(std::shared_ptr<MessageT>) and void callback(std::shared_ptr<MessageT>, const rclcpp::MessageInfo &) were deprecated.

In Jazzy, these subscription signatures have been removed. Users should switch to using void callback(std::shared_ptr<const MessageT>) or void callback(std::shared_ptr<const MessageT>, const rclcpp MessageInfo &).

rclpy

rclpy.node.Node.declare_parameter

The rclpy.node.Node.declare_parameter does not allow statically typing parameter without default value.

See https://github.com/ros2/rclpy/pull/1216 for more details.

Development progress

For progress on the development of Jazzy Jalisco, see this project board.

For the broad process followed by Jazzy Jalisco, see the process description page.

Known Issues

To come.

Release Timeline

November, 2023 - Platform decisions

REP 2000 is updated with the target platforms and major dependency versions.

By January, 2024 - Rolling platform shift

Build farm is updated with the new platform versions and dependency versions for Jazzy Jalisco.

Mon. April 8, 2024 - Alpha + RMW freeze

Preliminary testing and stabilization of ROS Base [1] packages, and API and feature freeze for RMW provider packages.

Mon. April 15, 2024 - Freeze

API and feature freeze for ROS Base [1] packages in Rolling Ridley. Only bug fix releases should be made after this point. New packages can be released independently.

Mon. April 22, 2024 - Branch

Branch from Rolling Ridley. rosdistro is reopened for Rolling PRs for ROS Base [1] packages. Jazzy development shifts from ros-rolling-* packages to ros-jazzy-* packages.

Mon. April 29, 2024 - Beta

Updated releases of ROS Desktop [2] packages available. Call for general testing.

Wed, May 1, 2024 - Kick off of Tutorial Party

Tutorials hosted at https://github.com/osrf/ros2_test_cases are open for community testing.

Mon. May 13, 2024 - Release Candidate

Release Candidate packages are built. Updated releases of ROS Desktop [2] packages available.

Mon. May 20, 2024 - Distro Freeze

Freeze rosdistro. No PRs for Jazzy on the rosdistro repo will be merged (reopens after the release announcement).

Thu. May 23, 2024 - General Availability

Release announcement. rosdistro is reopened for Jazzy PRs.