diff --git a/source/Installation/Maintaining-a-Source-Checkout.rst b/source/Installation/Maintaining-a-Source-Checkout.rst index 5886bb4eddb..f47146f7b02 100644 --- a/source/Installation/Maintaining-a-Source-Checkout.rst +++ b/source/Installation/Maintaining-a-Source-Checkout.rst @@ -52,6 +52,11 @@ If you wish to update a particular release, you can get its repository list by s The format of the name of the release comes from the tag associated with the release `here `__. +.. note:: + + The release versions in the ros2.repos file may become out-of-sync with their Debian packages, as maintainers make periodic releases of individual packages. + This means if you are installing Debian packages on Ubuntu, then you may have newer versions of some packages compared to the version listed in the ros2.repos file. + Release development branches ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^