Release 1.2.8 to indigo: Release the latest version on indigo?

[furushchev]

Since the latest version of pcl_ros package is now 1.5.3 and many fixes and improvements are included, it's time to port this into indigo and other distro.
(Note that the version of this package on indigo is still 1.2.7 )

[wkentaro]

If you would like the use the latest commits in lunar-devel, first you need to cherry-pick commits from lunar-devel to indigo-devel.
https://github.com/ros-perception/perception_pcl/commits/indigo-devel

[wkentaro]

FYI, 1.2 of 1.2.7 means it is for indigo
1.2: indigo
1.3: jade
1.4: kinetic
1.5: lunar
so 1.5.3 is only for lunar.

[furushchev]

@wkentaro Thanks for clear explanation.
I see. Is there still any chance to port only bugfixes?

Nodelet declaration in pcl_ros is currently malformed and many nodes does not work on indigo.
https://github.com/ros-perception/perception_pcl/blob/1.2.7/pcl_ros/pcl_nodelets.xml

[wkentaro]

I think any changes that have the backcompatibility can be backported.

[furushchev]

It will be nice if these are ported into older distros:
#134
#165
#153
#160
#147

(I may overlook other necessary pull requests)

[wkentaro]

Sorry, I found backporting all of them is a bit difficult (because they are not backported even for jade).
So I ended up backporting the few commits here: #180
Could you check it?

[wkentaro]

Kinetic will have almost all changes that are included in lunar: #178

[furushchev]

I leave a comment here since I don't have the right to review your pull request.
Basically looks good to me, it would be better if we got test codes backported so to check if future changes on these distros break the functionality.
Anyway, thank you very much!

[wkentaro]

Released ros/rosdistro#17337