version 1.5 updates

.gitignore

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 README.md
 *.mp4
+.vscode/

CHANGELOGS.md

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+# Changelogs
+
+* 01/04/25
+  * Version 0.5 created
+  * Updated build installation instructions in main README.md
+  * Got rid of manually setting pythonpath env variable, cleaned up cmake c++17 build commands

CMakeLists.txt

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-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.8)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.10)
 project(ros2_orb_slam3)
 
 # Make sure to set this path before building the  
-set(ENV{PYTHONPATH} "/opt/ros/humble/lib/python3.10/site-packages/") # Must be set to match your installation
+# set(ENV{PYTHONPATH} "/opt/ros/humble/lib/python3.10/site-packages/") # Must be set to match your installation
 
-# Must use C++17 to make it compatible with rclcpp
-set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -Wall -O3")
+# Enforce use of C++17
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
+set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -Wall -O3")
 
-# Check C++17 support
-include(CheckCXXCompilerFlag)
-CHECK_CXX_COMPILER_FLAG("-std=c++17" COMPILER_SUPPORTS_CXX17)
-
-if(COMPILER_SUPPORTS_CXX17)
-  set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -std=c++17")
-  add_definitions(-DCOMPILEDWITHC17)
-  message(STATUS "Using flag -std=c++17.")
-else()
-  message(FATAL_ERROR "The compiler ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER} has no C++17 support. Please use a different C++ compiler.")
-endif()
-
 LIST(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake_modules) # REDUNDANT?
 
 # find dependencies
+find_package(Python3 REQUIRED)
 find_package(ament_cmake REQUIRED)
 find_package(ament_cmake_python REQUIRED)
 find_package(rclcpp REQUIRED)