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I just realized that Lua is open source but does not accept outside code contributions. Meh.
by vanni 9y ago
I just realized that Lua is open source but does not accept outside code contributions. Meh.
- LeifCarrotson 9y agoThey have an active mailing list: https://www.lua.org/lua-l.html https://www.lua.org/lua-l.html And they are welcoming towards patches, though they don't copy them all in verbatim: https://www.lua.org/faq.html#1.9 https://www.lua.org/faq.html#1.9 > 1.9 – Do you accept patches? > We encourage discussions based on tested code solutions for problems and enhancements, but we never incorporate third-party code verbatim. We always try to understand the issue and the proposed solution and then, if we choose to address the issue, we provide our own code. All code in Lua is written by us. See also the previous question [On the lack of a public, official VCS]. Few large projects accept all outside contribution. And Lua would not be as versatile, as portable, or as small as it is if it did.
- altotrees 9y agoI was about to say, accepting all outside contributions would promote bloat and kill portability. I don't think they are doing this in an elitist way, just as a matter of practicality.
- etiene 9y agoIt does accept them. Being an active member on the mailing list, I've seen it happen multiple times. The process is a bit different though, since they try to keep the language as small as possible.