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Describe problem solved by the proposed feature
Currently, when a new version is obtained for a specific message, the micro-xrce-dds-agent
creates topics with _v{i}
, where i=1, ..., n
stands for the version of the message.
For offboard controllers, these might pose a silent-fault effect, as the original topics are no longer available, and no error message is thrown out either.
Describe your preferred solution
My suggestion would be to keep the topics intact (that is, keeping the topics names without _v{i}
), and let micro-xrce-dds-agent
throw a deserialization error due to difference in data length. In this way, the user is aware that the messages need to be updated.
For changes in which fields are removed/changed, I believe we can find a different alternative.
Describe possible alternatives
- Major and Minor versioning, which, however, might not be desirable;
- Changes to the message and translation node;
Please see thread below.