Unfortunately, the process of defining standard libraries runs into
the ground whenever it comes up. Since this seems to be beyond the scope
of what the core Lua team wants to tackle, what would be good is if they
could at least settle on some designated individual or two on whom they
could apply some form of official blessing. This choice might be based
in part on submitted proposals or code as opposed to simply blessing
someone. But the point would be that the resulting libraries had been
discussed within the Lua inner sanctum in addition to being discussed
on more public forums like this list and through that they gained more
specific approval and support.
