Re: Can we move to Lua 5.2.3 only?

[Jeff Morriss <jeff.morriss.ws () gmail com>]

On 03/31/14 18:18, Hadriel Kaplan wrote:
> On Mar 31, 2014, at 2:05 PM, Jeff Morriss <jeff.morriss.ws () gmail com> wrote:
>
> > Do you mean Wireshark would no longer compile/run if the Lua version was < 5.2?
>
> Yes, that would be the ultimate goal.  That way someone writing a Lua script and wants to share it with others doesn't 
> have to worry about whether it will work for others or not. Lua 5.2 includes new built-in functions and lexical tokens that 
> 5.1 did not, so writing one with 5.2 might not work if someone else uses 5.1.
>
> And of course it would be nice to get rid of the C-code that has to deal with both as well, and not have to test on 
> both.

Makes sense...

> > In that case I'd vote no: Redhat EL 6 comes with 5.1.4 and it probably has a long lifetime ahead of it.
>
> How hard/painful would it be to install Lua 5.2.x? (I don't know the answer - just asking)
> It's a tiny little library compared to most of Wireshark's others, fwiw.

Probably not too hard--I know Lua's small.  But most users (who just do 
"yum install lua") won't get it so we'll be losing Lua for 99% of the 
RHEL6 users.

Maybe it's not that big a deal but it's worth some thought...

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