[syslinux] Antw: Re: merging lua branch

[Geert Stappers]

Op 20091007 om 19:51 schreef Erwan:
> Marcel Ritter wrote:
>>> [...] The real question is if the lua branch is ready enough to be 
>>> useful to anyone.     
>> [...]
>> Lua is only as useful as the library functions provided with it.
>> There's a couple of .c32 modules with library functions that'd
>> make a nice start if ported to lua.

If I recall correct: the dmi library patch is only in the mailinglist
archive, not in the syslinux lua branch.

>> I'd like to see lua included in mainline syslinux: it's been there in a
>> (mostly unknown) git branch for quite some time now, and I hope
>> releasing it to a wider public will increase its user base and speed
>> up development.
>>   
>
> I'm backing that position. We've been expecting the lua feature for a  
> long time and starting playing with it would be nice.
> It could be nice to see use cases and tracking bugs in it.

For what it is worth:  Erwan is right and hpa is right.

Erwan for knowing that Lua will get more reviews,
hpa for being worried about the impact of Lua on Syslinux.

>From my point of view: I wish that Lua get's in Syslinux main,
mostly because I known that Lua is module in Syslinux,
not a main feature.

Groeten
Geert Stappers