7 KiB
This document is a declaration of software quality for the rcl_action package, based on the guidelines in REP-2004.
rcl_action Quality Declaration
The package rcl_action claims to be in the Quality Level 4 category.
Below are the rationales, notes, and caveats for this claim, organized by each requirement listed in the Package Requirements for Quality Level 4 in REP-2004.
Version Policy [1]
Version Scheme [1.i]
rcl_action uses semver according to the recommendation for ROS Core packages in the ROS 2 Developer Guide.
Version Stability [1.ii]
rcl_action is at a stable version, i.e. >= 1.0.0.
The current version can be found in its package.xml, and its change history can be found in its CHANGELOG.
Public API Declaration [1.iii]
All symbols in the installed headers are considered part of the public API.
All installed headers are in the include directory of the package, headers in any other folders are not installed and considered private.
API Stability Within a Released ROS Distribution [1.iv]/[1.vi]
rcl_action will not break public API within a released ROS distribution, i.e. no major releases once the ROS distribution is released.
ABI Stability Within a Released ROS Distribution [1.v]/[1.vi]
rcl_action contains C and C++ code and therefore must be concerned with ABI stability, and will maintain ABI stability within a ROS distribution.
Change Control Process [2]
rcl_action follows the recommended guidelines for ROS Core packages in the ROS 2 Developer Guide.
Change Requests [2.i]
This package requires that all changes occur through a pull request.
Contributor Origin [2.ii]
This package uses DCO as its confirmation of contributor origin policy. More information can be found in CONTRIBUTING.
Peer Review Policy [2.iii]
Following the recommended guidelines for ROS Core packages, all pull requests must have at least 1 peer review.
Continuous Integration [2.iv]
All pull requests must pass CI on all tier 1 platforms.
Documentation Policy [2.v]
All pull requests must resolve related documentation changes before merging.
Documentation [3]
Feature Documentation [3.i]
rcl_action has feature documentation actions in ROS 2.
It is hosted.
Public API Documentation [3.ii]
Most of rcl_action has embedded API documentation and it is hosted.
License [3.iii]
The license for rcl_action is Apache 2.0, and a summary is in each source file, the type is declared in the package.xml manifest file, and a full copy of the license is in the LICENSE file.
There is an automated test which runs a linter that ensures each file has a license statement.
The most recent test results can be found here.
Copyright Statements [3.iv]
The copyright holders each provide a statement of copyright in each source code file in rcl_action.
There is an automated test which runs a linter that ensures each file has at least one copyright statement.
The results of the test can be found here.
Testing [4]
Feature Testing [4.i]
rcl_action has feature tests, which test for proper node state transitions.
The tests are located in the test subdirectory.
Public API Testing [4.ii]
Much of the API in rcl_action is tested.
The tests are located in the test subdirectory.
Coverage [4.iii]
rcl_action does not currently track test coverage.
Performance [4.iv]
rcl_action does not currently have performance tests.
Linters and Static Analysis [4.v]
rcl_action uses and passes all the standard linters and static analysis tools for a C package as described in the ROS 2 Developer Guide.
Results of the nightly linter tests can be found here.
Dependencies [5]
Below are evaluations of each of rcl_action's run-time and build-time dependencies that have been determined to influence the quality.
It has several "buildtool" dependencies, which do not affect the resulting quality of the package, because they do not contribute to the public library API. It also has several test dependencies, which do not affect the resulting quality of the package, because they are only used to build and run the test code.
Direct Runtime ROS Dependencies [5.i]/[5.ii]
rcl_action has the following runtime ROS dependencies:
action_msgs
action_msgs provides messages and services for ROS 2 actions.
It is Quality Level 4, see its Quality Declaration document.
rcl
rcl is the ROS 2 client library in C.
It is Quality Level 4, see its Quality Declaration document.
rcutils
rcutils provides commonly used functionality in C.
It is Quality Level 4, see its Quality Declaration document.
rmw
rmw is the ROS 2 middleware library.
It is Quality Level 4, see its Quality Declaration document.
rosidl_runtime_c
rosidl_runtime_c provides runtime functionality for rosidl message and service interfaces.
It is Quality Level 4, see its Quality Declaration document.
Direct Runtime Non-ROS Dependencies [5.iii]
rcl_action does not have any runtime non-ROS dependencies.
Platform Support [6]
rcl_action supports all of the tier 1 platforms as described in REP-2000, and tests each change against all of them.
Currently nightly results can be seen here:
Security [7]
Vulnerability Disclosure Policy [7.i]
This package does not yet have a Vulnerability Disclosure Policy.