Re: Project lead nominations for standard libraries?

[Rob Kendrick <rjek@...>]

On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 01:46:04PM +0200, steve donovan wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 1:04 PM, Ron Jeffries <ronjeffries@acm.org> wrote:
> > I would call the attention of the group to Ruby "gems", and to git,
> > github, and git "gists" as interesting models for doing this.
> 
> Well, we do have LuaRocks, which I think was inspired by Ruby Gems.
> What we don't have is a collaborative space around it.  I think anyone
> can get hosting/RCS these days, but we're feeling the need for
> something more friendly and less bureaucratic than LuaForge. (And that
> site is heading for retirement anyway.)

I don't get it; what's wrong with lua-users.org?  It's collaborative,
well-known, linked from the official site, established, and everything
else I can think of.  I think it even allows for binary attachments.

If it turns out you need something more specialised, you can always ask
the maintainer of that site, or the people who host it, for help.

B.