> -----Original Message----- > From: Thijs Schreijer [mailto:th...@thijsschreijer.nl] > Sent: zondag 7 april 2013 8:27 > To: luarocks-developers@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [Luarocks-developers] MinGW and LuaSocket > > > Actually, if you have a proper Windows environment for LuaRocks > > working, it's probably easier to just build and pack those rocks > > again... which brings me to some questions on what to do regarding the > > .zip distribution. The LuaRocks .zip file for Windows includes Lua 5.1 > > binaries based on msvc*80.dll (which, I believe, are from > > LuaBinaries). > > > > 1) Should we keep including those? > Might be as good as any, but... Microsoft updates the runtimes mostly > every Visual Studio release. I find myself still working with VS2008, > still no 2011 or 2012. So it is hard to find a constant you can support > without getting incompatibilities every few years, many users will have > different runtimes. And when you switch defaults, the user would have to > update all his libraries. > > > 2) Should we include mingw binaries instead? > That would be the only constant possible (at least that is why I put up an > effort to get my system on MinGW) > > > 3) If the answer to question 2 is "yes", can anyone point me to mingw > > binaries we could use? > That would be a simple one of update of the repo, I have them working, so > could supply them. But then again; I'm a noop with compiler commandlines, > so maybe it's safer to use binaries that Steve created :) > > > 4) Should we include both Lua 5.1 and Lua 5.2 binaries on Windows and > > add flags to the installer asking which one the user want? (Possibly > > both?) > Primary question is how you want to proceed with Lua5.2 support. If this > is the way, then adding it shouldn't be that big a deal. > > Thijs >
As an idea; wouldn't it be possible to create a binary rock for Lua itself? Let Rocks simply use its own binaries (it's an install option, but generally windows users really don't care I think) So install LuaRocks, including its own Lua binaries in a self contained directory (so no longer copy them out to Lua folder). Then do: luarocks install lua Or is this impossible? Thijs ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Minimize network downtime and maximize team effectiveness. Reduce network management and security costs.Learn how to hire the most talented Cisco Certified professionals. Visit the Employer Resources Portal http://www.cisco.com/web/learning/employer_resources/index.html _______________________________________________ Luarocks-developers mailing list Luarocks-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/luarocks-developers
