Re: Regarding lua bugs and the lua tarball download

[Jonas Thiem <jonasthiem@...>]

I assumed this was already the case simply because this bugs page with
fix instructions is around. What use is it if people do not start
patching all their versions, effectively altering what was previously an
unmodified Lua 5.2?

On 10/11/2013 07:02 PM, Craig Barnes wrote:
> On 11 October 2013 17:43, Jonas Thiem <jonasthiem@googlemail.com> wrote:
>> Hmm so what about always offering patch files? I think it would be of
>> help, since I suppose most people would rather not wait for a minor
>> release in an uncertain amount of time with the bugs so publicly
>> announced. The patches are there of course, but it's just a bit of a
>> hassle to copy them all out (not undoable or a huge problem, just
>> unnecessarily lengthy).
>>
> 
> Lua 5.2 is Lua 5.2. The notion of a "release" and the benefits thereof
> are a fairly well accepted concept. Making patches available rather
> than just descriptions would encourage people to do something they
> shouldn't. Imagine the confusion it would cause to have many subtly
> different versions out there all claiming to be "Lua 5.2".
>

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