Re: Google Summer of Code 2013

[Paul K <paulclinger@...>]

> It would be most cool (for instance) if wxLua could be made 5.2
> compatible. (I must agree that it's hard to target GTK during the
> transition, and wxWidgets works with native platforms better)

I second Steve's proposal because it has a well defined scope and is
achievable in the time frame the students have.

> What Lua really needs in my opinion is a standardized package structure similar to CPAN[1].

I like what Peter is proposing, but I don't think it's a good fit for
GSoC, simply because the solution is less technical and more political
than wxLua work.

Paul.

On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 10:05 PM, steve donovan
<steve.j.donovan@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 4:22 AM, marbux <marbux@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Nb., very few GUI toolkits that work with 5.1 have been adapted to
>> work with 5.2
>
> It would be most cool (for instance) if wxLua could be made 5.2
> compatible. (I must agree that it's hard to target GTK during the
> transition, and wxWidgets works with native platforms better)
>
> Big GUI frameworks are by their nature hard to make friendly and
> embeddable, so anything that makes them easier to use is a good goal.
>
> steve d.
>