[Buildroot] [UNSURE]Re: [v4 1/2] luainterpreter: create virtual package

[François Perrad]

2013/10/1 Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni at free-electrons.com>:
> Dear François Perrad,
>
> On Tue, 1 Oct 2013 12:47:20 +0200, François Perrad wrote:
>
>> Lua 5.2.0 was released on December 2011 (see
>> https://raw.github.com/fperrad/graph-versions/gh-pages/slides/lua.png).
>> Since this, Lua module authors release new version which are
>> compatible 5.1 and 5.2 (not a hard job, differences are small). But
>> this process is not fast and not finished.
>>
>> So, I think Lua 5.1.x and 5.2.x can be handled by the same package
>> with a choice (like gcc, binutils)
>
> Ok. But then Lua packages that are not yet compatible with 5.2.x will
> have to be marked "depends on !BR2_PACKAGE_LUA_5_2". Is this what you
> had in mind?

Yes.

François
>
> Thanks!
>
> Thomas
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