Re: Lua in NetBSD

[Hisashi T Fujinaka <htodd%twofifty.com@localhost>]

On Sat, 24 Oct 2009, Antti Kantee wrote:

> I want to see the same thing I've told you about 5 times now: implemented
> and working applications.  Not an exhaustive set of applications anyone
> could every implement, just some (preferably >1, since I hear they are
> really easy to do).  I think this is a reasonable demand if someone asks
> for objections to integration (and Marc's exact project descriptions are
> "Adding Lua to NetBSD userland", "Adding Lua to the NetBSD kernel").
>
> If someone asks "do you think it's a good idea to try out integrating Lua
> to NetBSD", I will say "yes".  If someone asks "do I get an irrevocable
> right to integrate Lua to NetBSD", I will say "show me the data from
> your trials".

Er, what's the problem here? I'm just a user with a spare system running
current (along with several others running netbsd-5) and I thought you
guys just added things and deleted things from -current for
experimentations sake.

Since the core team that does not publish jack, AND I AM FORMALLY
COMPLAINING FOR THE FIFTH TIME, I'm not sure exactly what's going on.
(The last time someone complained about that you guys said no one
complains about core's opaqueness and I pointed out that I do all the
time.) For example Perry breaks stuff for me all the time. Why not add
lua and make it an option, an option that only I build and complain
about, sort of like how I build MKLINT and complain when it doesn't
build? (I'm not sure when and why I ever turned it on, but it's on and
it breaks builds about once a month lately.)

Anyway, there's my 2 cents because you guys have been arguing about this
for a while and, guess what?, other people actually notice.

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