Re: problem compiling luasocket for lua 5.2 for VS2012

[Matthew Wild <mwild1@...>]

On 4 May 2013 04:31, Jay Carlson <nop@nop.com> wrote:
> On May 2, 2013, at 3:13 PM, Matthew Wild wrote:
>
>> On 2 May 2013 19:23, Hisham <h@hisham.hm> wrote:
>>> On 2 May 2013 13:31, joao lobato <btnfdp.lobato@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Boy, the luasocket bazaar is a bit hectic.
>>>
>>> The LuaSocket bazaar for Lua 5.2, specifically. We're all waiting for
>>> a release of a version of LuaSocket compatible with Lua 5.2...
>>> LuaSocket is fragmenting fast. :-\
>>
>> I don't think so. In the months since it has been on github, two forks
>> have been merged together and upstream, as well as various patches
>> from community members. I think all that is remaining now is a release
>> (in any form).
>
> If everyone shipping code is in rough agreement, you might as well give it a name. Actually, that's not quite it--you're reducing the number of names, since currently everyone has their own name for their patched version.
>
> How about a clearly self-deprecating name like LuaRoughSocket 5.2.0.x, or LuaSocket crescente5.2[1]  with a banner <h2>this will be stubbed/symlinked/dpkg-replaced out of existence later</h2>?

That is my backup plan, should we be ready to release the next Prosody
version before LuaSocket is released. And that's looking almost
certain right now. Though I have to say I didn't spend half the time
on naming as you already have :)

Regards,
Matthew