Hi everyone, an idea that has been in my head for a while that I wanted to float, is for some way to give feedback on models in the Gazebo “fuel” library. For code, we have issues/PRs but there is no equivalent for models.
The most straightforward option would be a simple comment thread on each model, and while I know unmoderated comment areas can be an issue I would hope this is a small enough area that it wouldn’t be a big problem?
For example, in my tutorials I encourage users to spawn the construction cone and barrel, both of which (last time I checked) have lighting issues in the new Gazebo. There is a simple fix you can do to the .dae file which I could put forward in a comment, and even if the original uploader never saw it or made a new revision, other users could see that and fix their local copy.
I agree this would be useful sometimes. Even more useful would be if users could confirm on which Gazebo versions the model works/doesn’t work/has quirks.
@joshnewans first off, thanks for all your awesome tutorials! Please keep it up and let me know if there are things we can do to help.
Regarding your question about Fuel assets, we had plans to introduce better version control and a review system, but we didn’t have the resources to do it. For now, I’m wondering if we should create a github repo for giving feedback via issues on the assets owned by the openrobotics user.
Fair enough, and I think that is probably a great solution from an effort standpoint until the need is enough to justify the efforts for an integrated solution. Thanks!
Hi @joshnewans that’s a great idea. I’ve been working on a Fuel update in my spare time. One aspect is a model/world review process. Adding in a comment section and some notion of “works with” would be an easy add. I should have something done in March. I’ll try to remember to post back here when the new Fuel website is up on a staging server so that you all can try it out.