Source Build Action Summary

[stonier]

What: builds the kobuki c++ libraries from source using colcon, no other ros2 dependencies involved
How:

• Apt-gets build essential tools (git, cmake, gcc)
• Configures a virtual environment that allows fetching of the fundamental pypi colcon dependencies
• Adds ament and kobuki source repositories (pinned on foxy versions) to the colcon workspace
• Compiles natively, then cleans and cross-compiles

Why: continuous verification that the source build instructions work
When: triggers weekly (ideally it would be as kobuki source repos change, but this is sufficient)

Resources

• resources/venv.bash - venv that fetches vcstool, colcon-core, colcon-common-extensions
• resources/colcon.meta - some helpers specifically for eigen/sophus
• resources/kobuki_standalone.repos - ament and kobuki source versions
• .github/workflows/nightly.yaml - actual action recipe

FYI @scpeters