Ros2 doctor should show middleware details
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- Dominant language
- Python
- Stars
- 262
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- 228
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Description
Feature request
Feature description
ros2 doctor should list middleware name and library versions. This is useful troubleshooting info, and it would be great to have it available to paste into issue reports.
Implementation considerations
The names of the relevant libraries and system packages are not currently part of the RMW interface, and it may make sense to add some version info alongside rmw_get_implementation_identifier. Also, it’s important to communicate things like whether rmw_opensplice_cpp is using libopensplice67 vs libopensplice69.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by running ros2 doctor and reading how it currently reports diagnostic information. Investigate rmw_get_implementation_identifier and the RMW interface, including how rmw_opensplice_cpp distinguishes libopensplice67 from libopensplice69. Done means the command reports middleware names and relevant library or system-package versions clearly enough for issue reports.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- cli
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100