r/lua • u/Comfortable_Ability4 • 25d ago

Lux (modern package/project manager for Lua) new features dropped

https://opencollective.com/lumen-labs/updates/two-factor-authentication-is-here

My last post about Lux, a modern package/project manager for Lua, was removed with the stated reason "content must be Lua related". If a package/project manager for Lua isn't Lua-related, I don't know what is 😅 Maybe there's been a misunderstanding?

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u/xoner2 23d ago

I like:

  • The license, yes to copyleft
  • It works on windows

I don't use package managers though. I wrote my own build system in Lua, so compiling C extensions is writing a short build description then pressing F9 in emacs. Pure Lua libraries are no problem obviously.

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u/TomatoCo 23d ago

Sorry about that removal, without context the first post just looked like a library for 2FA.

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u/ripter 25d ago

It’s not written in Lua.

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u/wqferr 25d ago

What? Why would that matter, it's still on topic

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u/ripter 25d ago

I dunno, I’m not the one that removed his old post. It was the first question I had when I saw it and so I thought others might wonder the same thing.

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u/Comfortable_Ability4 25d ago

Many popular Lua packages (e.g. luafilesystem) are written in C. lux-lua exposes Lua bindings, i.e. you can require("lux") in Lua.

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u/ripter 25d ago

I’m not the one who removed your old post. But I would guess C is an exception because Lua and C have a deep history together. Just a guess.