On Tue, Jan 19, 2021 at 02:51:49PM +0100, Gerion Entrup wrote: > Hi, > > with the recent Lua changes in Gentoo, I now must somehow choose, which Lua > version I should prefer. > I have heard that every Lua version is mostly different (incompatible) from > each other and in addition to that there is Luajit which is much faster an > also supported. > However, all (slotted) Lua versions in the current tree are keyworded. > > Portage on its own seems to choose Lua 5.1. > Is there a recommendation which Lua version is a wise choice? > > For Python it is usually a good choice to set nothing and you get a high > compatibility (3.7 is the default currently, I think). If you choose newer > Python versions, you get more features but also more work with regard to > setting some useflags for packages that don't support the new version yet. Is > there something comparable with Lua?
The point of slotted lua is to be able to have many at once. There's packages that only support 5-1, and others only 5-3 (like darktable), so pick 1 or many based on what you need/use. lua5-1 still has the most compatibility so it makes sense as default for now. lua5-4 is on the opposite end with too little support. Not fond of luajit, it feels kind of like a old hack to me while normal lua been moving forward. Personally use lua5-3 where possible, and fall back on the next lower version if needed. -- ionen
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