> -----Original Message----- > From: Steven Degutis [mailto:sbdegu...@gmail.com] > Sent: donderdag 28 augustus 2014 23:27 > To: luarocks-developers@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [Luarocks-developers] LuaRocks integration questions > > Hello everyone. > > I'm writing an OS X app that lets users automate common GUI tasks. > Using the Lua modules I've written, you can create global hotkeys, > inspect and move windows and running applications, etc. > > One highly requested feature was to extract all the modules into > third-party extensions, so they can each move at their own rate. > > In response, I began to roll a full-featured in-app package manager. > But it's a lot of work, and I feel like I'm reinventing the wheel. > > Ideally I'd like my app to be super minimalist, and not be responsible > for package-management functionality. It should mostly just be a host > app for a Lua environment. > > So I'm thinking of turning my modules into Luarocks packages. Would > this make sense? The reason I'm unsure is because many of them depend > on being run inside OS X.
That can be included in the rockspec (`supported_platforms` setting [1]). Also; you can host your own rock server, for those modules so your entire application remains self contained. > > Also, if Luarocks is analogous to RubyGems, is there an analog for > Ruby's Bundler tool, i.e. where you can list a set of packages to be > installed, and it will install them for you if they aren't already > installed? > > Thanks in advance. > Regards, > Steven Degutis > Thijs [1] http://luarocks.org/en/Rockspec_format ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Slashdot TV. Video for Nerds. Stuff that matters. http://tv.slashdot.org/ _______________________________________________ Luarocks-developers mailing list Luarocks-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/luarocks-developers
