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[2019-03-23 16:23:27] William Hubbs: |
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> The first thing is liblua as a shared library. If you are using lua |
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> internally in a program, upstream strongly recommends not linking it |
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> this way; it is supposed to be statically linked into the executable. |
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> Because of this, and because of the amount of custom patching we do to |
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> maintain liblua as a shared library, I plan to stop creating the shared |
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> library. |
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Pretty sure removing the shared version of liblua will cause a large |
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amount of patching to be done in a lot of software that may not support |
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static linking out of the box. |
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> I'm a bit undecided still about slotting lua. I'm sure we |
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> need subslots so we can force rebuilds when new lua releases enter the |
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> tree. However, I'm still unsure whether we need slots. I don't know of |
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> many things in the tree that are locked to a specific version |
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> of lua (there is only one package based on an irc conversation I |
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> had this week). |
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> Does anyone have any thoughts? Are there more packages in the tree that |
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> are locked to a specific version of lua? |
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There should be slotting of lua, for example in the few programs that |
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I know will need it: |
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- app-editors/vis::{lua,lanodanOverlay}: Requires >=lua-5.2 |
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does not support luajit (incomplete 5.2 compatibility) |
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- media-video/mpv: requires lua:5.2 or luajit |
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doesn’t seems to plan supporting 5.3[1] |
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Also the lua overlay, which I would highly recommend using as a base |
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has a slotted version of lua, instead of extending SLOT="0". |
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1: https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/wiki/FAQ#Why_does_mpv_not_support_Lua_53 |
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