diff --git a/jsk_ros_patch/collada_urdf_jsk_patch/README.md b/jsk_ros_patch/collada_urdf_jsk_patch/README.md index d4e0fabd1..52ddb2e71 100644 --- a/jsk_ros_patch/collada_urdf_jsk_patch/README.md +++ b/jsk_ros_patch/collada_urdf_jsk_patch/README.md @@ -1,7 +1,21 @@ collada_urdf_jsk_patch ====================== -collada_urdf_jsk_patch is a patched version of collada_urdf to use with assimp *3.1*. -hydro and ubuntu 12.04 provides assimp *2.0* and it has critical bag. -collada_urdf originally uses assimp but collada_urdf_jsk_patch uses assimp_devel. -assimp_devel provides assimp *3.1.1*. +This is a yet another version of [collada_urdf](http://wiki.ros.org/collada_urdf) package. + +Original `collada_urdf` depends on `libassimp` package provided by Ubuntu Update and has a serious bug on visual when spawning exported URDF file into Gazebo. + +This patched version solved this problem using newer `assimp` library (>= `3.1`). + +## For Developers + +This package depends on `assimp_devel` which provides newer version of `libassimp` (`3.1.1`). + +Current ubuntu distributions using assimp older than `3.1` must use this package instead of original `collada_urdf` and `libassimp`. + + +- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: `2.0.863+dfsg-2` (< 3.1) +- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: `3.0~dfsg-2` (< 3.1) +- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: `3.2~dfsg-3` (>= 3.1) + +We will be able to disable this package and `assimp_devel` on kinetic (because kinetic supports 16.04 or newer).