[gobolinux-users] Dropping Lua 5.0 support in favor of Lua 5.1?

[mpb]

Hi,

[Note: this thread was started on the gobo-devel list.]

On 5/6/07, hisham.hm at gmail.com <hisham.hm at gmail.com> wrote:

> I think modules should be packaged for the Lua version they were
> written for, with the version listed as dependencies (ie, "Lua >= 5.0,
> < 5.1" for Lua 5.0 modules, "Lua >= 5.1" for Lua 5.1, "Lua >= 5.0" if
> it works in both). Module authors usually document what versions of
> Lua they support. For some (LuaSocket?) it's a compile-time option;
> I'd say in those cases recipes should build for Lua 5.1.

Aitor and I have discussed off-list our plans for Lua recipes.  We
both think it would be extra work to support Lua 5.0.  So we are
planning on only supporting Lua 5.1.

In the case of Lua modules that only work with Lua 5.0, we may
port/upgrade the module so it works with Lua 5.1.  I have already done
this with the Lua lposix module.

If anyone wants support for Lua 5.0, we welcome them to volunteer to
extend our recipes to include support for both Lua 5.0 and Lua 5.1.
Please contact me off-list if you are interested.

Thanks!

-mpb