To ease the create of new backends and simplify deployment of COMPAS FAB in general, the backends should be split into completely new packges: compas_fab_ros, compas_fab_pybullet and compas_fab_vrep (or compas_fab_coppeliasim if we update it to the latest version).
All pure-python implementations of backend features (i.e. if we add our own planner implementation at some point), should stay in this package. All implementations that require out-of-process tools to run should become its own package. The pybullet is on the verge of being ok to stay so it might be discussed.
Conda packages will also need to be split, and ideally also a combined compas_fab_backend_bundle could be created to install all backends at once.
To ease the create of new backends and simplify deployment of COMPAS FAB in general, the backends should be split into completely new packges:
compas_fab_ros,compas_fab_pybulletandcompas_fab_vrep(orcompas_fab_coppeliasimif we update it to the latest version).All pure-python implementations of backend features (i.e. if we add our own planner implementation at some point), should stay in this package. All implementations that require out-of-process tools to run should become its own package. The pybullet is on the verge of being ok to stay so it might be discussed.
Conda packages will also need to be split, and ideally also a combined
compas_fab_backend_bundlecould be created to install all backends at once.