On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 12:20 PM, Bertrand Mansion <[email protected]> wrote:
> 2. A central Rockspec repository with a web GUI
>   This would be a place where developers would upload their rock
> files on every new release and provide some meta information like tags
> and categories. Users could then go there and search for Lua modules
> and libs. By adding this repository manifest to their luarocks
> configuration, users could also search and install from the
> command-line. Of course, this would probably have to be moderated
> manually and automatically where possible.
>
> I think 2 would be more useful at the moment but moderation will need
> a team of monkeys.

Yes, that would be awesome to have! It's the kind of thing I often
tell myself "you know, I should really get around to implement this
some time" but I end up never doing it because I'm not really a web
dev guy.

> The current situation where developers send their rockspec on this
> list could maybe be improved.
> Hisham might get kidnapped by aliens from outer space anytime.

I couldn't agree more (and I appreciate the concern... these days you
never know who's next for extraterrestrial abduction :) )

-- 
-- Hisham
http://hisham.hm/

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