Only the first instance of a package shows up on search and lists

[chapulina]

For example, the geometry2 package has an instance for ROS1:

https://index.ros.org/r/geometry2/github-ros-geometry2/#melodic

And another for ROS2:

https://index.ros.org/r/geometry2/github-ros2-geometry2/#bouncy

But if I search for geometry2, only the melodic package shows up, which makes it look like it hasn't been released for other distros:

https://index.ros.org/search/?q=geometry2

This doesn't happen for packages with only one instance across ROS1 and 2, for example:

https://index.ros.org/search/?q=angles

And an even bigger issue is that packages with multiple instances don't even show as released in ROS 2, note how geometry2 is not in this list:

https://index.ros.org/packages/page/1/released/#bouncy

In fact, that list is way too short, so I suspect there may be other issues too. For example, RViz2 has only one instance, and is released on Bouncy, but it doesn't show on the list above.

https://index.ros.org/p/rviz2/github-ros2-rviz/#bouncy

[hidmic]

https://index.ros.org/r/geometry2/github-ros-geometry2/#melodic

That links points to the github-ros-geometry2 repository, that has a geometry2 package.

https://index.ros.org/r/geometry2/github-ros2-geometry2/#bouncy

That links points to the github-ros2-geometry2 repository, that has no geometry2 package.

And an even bigger issue is that packages with multiple instances don't even show as released in ROS 2, note how geometry2 is not in this list:

It appears on page 20 https://index.ros.org/packages/page/20/released/, released for indigo? Something really funky is going on here.

In fact, that list is way too short, so I suspect there may be other issues too. For example, RViz2 has only one instance, and is released on Bouncy, but it doesn't show on the list above.

It does show up on the list, but not as a released package https://index.ros.org/search/?q=rviz2.

[hidmic]

We have to check what rosindex is ingesting and how it is ingesting it.

[chapulina]

That links points to the github-ros2-geometry2 repository, that has no geometry2 package.

It's this one, right? https://github.com/ros2/geometry2/

Something really funky is going on here.

Agreed 😅

It does show up on the list, but not as a released package

Yeah that's what I meant. All packages show anyway, but I'd expect the following page:

https://index.ros.org/packages/page/1/released/#bouncy

To:

• Not show anything not released on Bouncy
• Or at a minimum, when sorted by released in the bouncy tab, to show all packages released in Bouncy up top. And RViz2 is not showing up as released on that page.

[tfoote]

So geometry2 does show in the list for older distros but it's lower down the list on page 3 you can find lunar
https://index.ros.org/search/?q=geometry2

The sorting is not prioritizing title match over a dependency or other metadata match. Something like angles doesn't have as many other results with it in the metadata. But you can find indigo on page 3 for it.

[chapulina]

The sorting is not prioritizing title match over a dependency or other metadata match.

Nice catch. It would be nice to prioritize the title.