Re: Where to advertise/look for libraries (Was: Expanding the standard library functions?)

[Philipp Janda <siffiejoe@...>]

Am 25.01.2016 um 15:02 schröbte Peter Aronoff:
> On Sunday, January 24, 2016 at 07:54PM, Paul Merrell wrote:
> > A gentle reminder that if you want people to share in the Lua library
> > goodness you create, you need to list your library on the correct
> > lua-users.org page.[1]
> >
> > It's helpful if you include in your description which versions of Lua
> > your library has been tested with.
>
>
> I'm not sure if this was specifically for me or a general reminder, but I'm
> curious about it either way.
>
> When I need a lua library, my first instinct isn't to go to that wiki at
> all, but to go to LuaRocks[1]. And it's suprising to me that the wiki
> doesn't even mention LuaRocks.

LuaRocks is listed under LuaDistributions[2], and LuaBuildSystems[3], 
and it even has its own wiki page[4].

> I'm wonder if this is just a cultural split between (relatively) newer and
> older users of Lua. I'd be curious to hear other thoughts.

I usually go to luarocks.org as well when looking for libraries. If it's 
listed on the wiki but not LuaRocks, that's usally a sign that the 
module is unmaintained or for an old Lua version I don't use anymore 
(e.g. Lua 5.0). And there are many modules on LuaRocks that are not 
listed on the wiki. That said, there is a lot of wisdom to be found on 
the wiki, but you usually have to translate the ideas to more recent Lua 
versions.

> P

Philipp

> [1]: https://luarocks.org

  [2]: http://lua-users.org/wiki/LuaDistributions
  [3]: http://lua-users.org/wiki/LuaBuildSystems
  [4]: http://lua-users.org/wiki/LuaRocks