[Buildroot] [Lua 0/2] Lua modules removal

François Perrad francois.perrad at gadz.org
Mon Jun 10 17:02:58 UTC 2019


Le lun. 10 juin 2019 à 15:17, Arnout Vandecappelle <arnout at mind.be> a
écrit :

>
>
> On 10/06/2019 10:31, François Perrad wrote:
> >
> >
> > Le dim. 9 juin 2019 à 22:37, Arnout Vandecappelle <arnout at mind.be
> > <mailto:arnout at mind.be>> a écrit :
> >
> >
> >
> >     On 08/06/2019 23:18, Francois Perrad wrote:
> >     > This serie removes 2 Lua modules which are Lua 5.1 only
> >     > and not actively maintained by upstream.
> >
> >      This needs a bit more context though... Is the intention to remove
> Lua 5.1? And
> >     what about luajit?
> >
> >
> > This is a step in order to remove Lua 5.1, but not LuaJIT which stay as
> is.
>
>  So, aren't these two packages relevant for LuaJIT then?
>
>
These two modules could be loaded/used by LuaJIT, but in practice, I don't
think they are.

François


>  Regards,
>  Arnout
>
> > In otherways, Lua evolves :
> > - Lua 5.3.5 will be the last one of its serie
> > - Lua 5.4 is up coming (lua-5.4.0-alpha is already available)
> > - Lua 5.2.4 was released on 2015
> > - Lua 5.1.5 was released on 2012.
> >
> > Lua has two sides :
> > - an interpreter which could be used with various modules
> > - a library used as optional dependency
> > This serie handles only the interpreter side.
> >
> > François
> >
> >      We tend to not remove unmaintained packages unless there is a good
> reason
> >     for it.
> >
> >      Regards,
> >      Arnout
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