# Repository consolidated

**URL:** <https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/repository-consolidated/3695>\
**Category:** Computer Vision / Perception\
**Created:** [January 13, 2018, 6:47pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/repository-consolidated/3695 "2018-01-13T18:47:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![130s](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/discourse.openrobotics.org/130s/32/21_2.png) [@130s](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/u/130s)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2018, 6:47pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/repository-consolidated/3695/1 "2018-01-13T18:47:29Z")

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- `openni_launch` is no longer hosted at [GitHub - ros-drivers/openni\_launch: This repo is DEPRECATED but will be kept for backward compatibility. To stay up-to-date please visit openni\_camera repo:](https://github.com/ros-drivers/openni_launch). It is now merged into [GitHub - ros-drivers/openni\_camera: A ROS driver for OpenNI depth (+ RGB) cameras.](https://github.com/ros-drivers/openni_camera)
  - [Discussion](https://github.com/ros-drivers/openni_launch/issues/30)

- `openni2_launch` is no longer hosted at [GitHub - ros-drivers/openni2\_launch: Launch files to open an OpenNI2 device and load all nodelets to convert raw depth/RGB/IR streams to depth images, disparity images, and (registered) point clouds.](https://github.com/ros-drivers/openni2_launch). It is now merged into [GitHub - ros-drivers/openni2\_camera: ROS wrapper for openni 2.0](https://github.com/ros-drivers/openni2_camera)
  - [Announcement](https://github.com/ros-drivers/openni2_launch/issues/40)

Purpose is to keep the maintenance effort even lower. For the detail of the decision, please see the referenced ticket for each repo.

Each old repo is preserved for backward compatibility.

Admins, please feel free to move this thread to more appropriate category if any (I bet there is but couldn’t think of it).