I've been looking through the repository list and that is not "batteries included", that's "everything, the kitchen sink, and the city".
Unless I am reading this (https://index.ros.org/?search_repos=true) wrong.
Unless I am reading this (https://index.ros.org/?search_repos=true) wrong.
Something like OpenCV in the language stdlib is my idea of "batteries included". Like I said: what you consider batteries are not what people in my line of work consider batteries; Odin advertises "batteries included" but looking through the list I wouldn't use any of that in my day to day.
That's why Rust has a small stdlib of just the essentials, because doing so keeps things general, and everyone gets to choose their own idea of batteries.