Re: [ANN] Lua 5.3.1 (rc1) now available

[Lorenzo Donati <lorenzodonatibz@...>]

On 04/06/2015 03:32, Andrew Starks wrote:
> On Wednesday, June 3, 2015, Liam Devine <liamdevine@oolua.org> wrote:
>
> > On 04/06/15 00:00, Lorenzo Donati wrote:
> >
> > > Ok, maybe it's nitpicking, but I had the impression that the "last
> > > number is just for bugfix" rule was rather strict.
> > > Doesn't the change in table.move amount to a semantic change (albeit
> > > minimal)? Shouldn't this deserve a minor version bump, i.e. 5.4.0?
> > >
> > > Lorenzo
> >
> > Personally, I think that is a valid question. I also questioned, earlier
> > on IRC, the addition of the string cache in a minor release.
> >
> > > Like all minor releases, this is strictly a bug-fix release;
> > > no new features or improvements have been added.
> >
> > > The cache gives a good improvement, but it is not "as freely" as in Lua.
> >
> > --
> > Liam
> I would find it confusing if it was revised to 5.4. I respect the point of
> view that versions should "mean something." Maybe there is no room for
> pragmatism?
I've no problem with that kind of pragmatism. I just remember Lua Team 
was rather strict about semantic changes between minor releases (IIRC 
they also turned down such "just a little adjustment" proposals before), 
thus I wondered whether they changed their mind about it.


> -andrew

-- Lorenzo