RE: LuRocks.org down

[Thijs Schreijer <thijs@...>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: lua-l-bounces@lists.lua.org [mailto:lua-l-bounces@lists.lua.org] On
> Behalf Of Ryan Pusztai
> Sent: woensdag 8 oktober 2014 21:54
> To: Lua mailing list
> Subject: Re: LuRocks.org down
> 
> On Oct 8, 2014 2:41 PM, "Hisham" <h@hisham.hm> wrote:
> >
> > On 8 October 2014 14:31, Ryan Pusztai <rpusztai@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 11:30 AM, Rob Kendrick <rjek@rjek.com> wrote:
> > >>
> > >> On Wed, Oct 08, 2014 at 11:25:07AM -0400, Ryan Pusztai wrote:
> > >> > It seems that all of luarocks.org is down. Can anyone verify that?
> > >> >
> > >> > http://www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com/luarocks.org
> > >> >
> > >> > I am trying to download LuaRocks itself, so just pointing an
> installed
> > >> > luarocks to the correct server is not going to work.
> > >>
> > >> I think my mirror is still up-to-date for releases of LuaRocks itself,
> > >> but not the rocks themselves as they're now on Moonrocks which scares
> > >> numerous fluids out of me.
> > >>
> > >> https://liblua.so/luarocks/releases/
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks for the quick response. This will allow me to get past my current
> > > issue, but maybe LuaRocks should be hosted with the rocks on moonrocks?
> Or
> > > is there known issues with the host for luarock.org?
> >
> > The site is back!
> Thanks!
> I have verified it is up for us.
> > Yes, the server where luarocks.org is currently hosted is somewhat
> > flaky. Maybe we should move it somewhere else.
> I think that might be a good idea.
> Just so you know some use cases for the web site:
> I am getting a lot of interest in Lua where I work and people use a script I
> created to make a self contained Lua sandbox with the useful modules
> installed. This downloads everything (Lua source, LuaRocks release, and
> modules through LuaRocks) and builds it on their machine.
> We also use something similar on our continuous integration setup, so when
> it can't get at LuaRocks install files I am alerted right away.
> I know that this is a bunch of work, but I think LuaRocks is a big part of
> Lua these days.
> Just my two cents.
> --
> Regards,
> Ryan

You can pull any version from github using the correct tag. Maybe that is an option?
Thijs