Re: Why Lua is not more popular

["Pierre Chapuis" <catwell@...>]

>> On 13 Sep, 2013, at 17:51 , Roberto Ierusalimschy
>> <roberto@inf.puc-rio.br> wrote:
>>
>> >> I don't know what talks are already planned at the
>> >> Lua Workshop but I think a BoF with people who write
>> >> libraries on LuaRocks would be interesting. Those
>> >> who follow the dedicated mailing list know we've
>> >> started discussing the next rockspec format and maybe
>> >> a merge with LuaDist...
>> >
>> > That certainly would be interesting.
>>
>> I can attend if there is interest in this. The talk can focus on
>> anything from the following
>>
>> - LuaRocks LuaDist compatibility roadmap
>> - Module submission process
>> - Module evaluation process
>> - Categorization and identification of modules
>> - Documentation issues
>> - OS compatibility
>> - Binary distribution of apps
>> - Lua 5.1 vs Lua 5.2 vs LuaJIT

> Why not turn this into a talk at the Workshop? Talks do not need to be
> about
> completed work: they can be about raising issues and possible solutions.
>
> Like I said recently, we need more talks proposals for the workshop.

I was considering that myself, but I am not sure all
these points would fit in the format of a normal talk.

This is why I was proposing a BoF [1], or maybe
some kind of roundtable? Is Hisham attending?

We could have an introductory talk about the state of the
library ecosystem though (good / bad practices, state of
Lua 5.2 compatibility...). I can try to do that if you want,
although I may clearly not be the best speaker on that topic.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birds_of_a_feather_%28computing%29

-- 
Pierre Chapuis