Hi Jeff,

On Sun, Oct 29, 2017 at 03:11:41PM -0700, Jeff King wrote:
> After upgrading to awesome 4.2-2, my rc.lua failed to load due to the
> use of module() in some supporting config files. I gather that this was
> the "right" way to do modules in lua 5.0, and was deprecated over the
> course of 5.1 and 5.2, and is now completely gone in 5.3. I was able to
> fix it by updating my config files to the "new" way.
> 
> It might be worth dropping a note in NEWS.Debian to point people in the
> right direction. I don't know how common it is to have config so
> elaborate that it requires sub-modules, but the lua format sort of
> encourages it. :)

Thanks for the feedback.
I also stumbled upon the vanished 'module()' in the menu generator
and had to adapt it.
But I didn't think that users would have it in their rc.lua as well.
I will add a note to NEWS.Debian in the next upload, as you suggested.

Kind regards,
  Reiner

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