20201223 Dev Meeting

Agenda

General:

Next meeting scheduled for January 20th 2020 6pm AEST.
FTP protocol incompatibilities - append vs overwrite + upload in fewest steps question
- Spec modified as discussed here to match opengroup FTP spec.
- Changes to bring PX4 compatible with this here.
- JamesP to follow up required updates in ArduPilot.
Correct image transmission documentation #299
- Sanity checked and disclaimer added that for most use cases there are better ways of sending images.
Ollie - role of dialects in standardisation
- New "external" folder where systems add their dialects
- Small ranges to be allocated.
- The hope is that this will ultimately lead contributors towards seeing the benefit of, contributing to, and adopting the standards.
- Hamish to notify Ollie and request changes to PR
FLIGHT_INFORMATION stream specifies ms not us - also UUID
- Was not discussed - Dagar had already changed PX4 to match the standard.

Did not cover:

add messages for events interface #1531 - James any progress on review? Ditto for component info? Do we need to arrange meeting with Beat again to talk about this with ArduPilot devcall?
Lorenz did you do Travis fix for building C libraries?
MAVlink Governance Policy - Updates?
Criteria for inclusion into supported language list as discussed here.
- IMO must support MAVLink 2. What about test suites column. Getting started guide? etc.
- Any criteria for removal?
- Aim is that anything in this list is usable and useful
Mission checksum message
Fix CRC - James to follow up getting docs update to CRC merged in generator. i.e. this is not change to code, but to make clear what the CRC we use actually is.
Doc outdated: Camera Protocol #298 - generic request message - can we drop support for existing cameras. Can I add a protocol bit for this?

Attendees: HamishW, JamesP, Lorenz, Oliver Waldmann