[Bug 229779] Request for exp-run for Lua 5.4.0

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--- Comment #4 from Russell Haley <russ.haley at gmail.com> ---
Hi Antoine, 

I've been ruminating and have concluded that I could not agree to look into
flavors without an exploratory run first. Let me further my request:  

I remember looking into the "indirection package" that was on Debian Jessie and
thought it a good idea. My assumption at the time was that the ports system was
a better place to handle dependencies because well, that's where it was done on
FreeBSD. As well, there are other members of the Lua community looking into
"Unix" standardization and I was notified as the maintainer of Lua on FreeBSD. 

I'm all for making Lua better on FreeBSD, which is why I became the port
maintainer for 5.3 and want the maintainer-ship for 5.4. If you - as
representing the ports team - feel so strongly about fixing Lua then I would
like to work towards the solution you think is best. 

Therefore in the mindset of pushing Lua forward to a better solution, I would
like to request an exp-run so that I can empirically catalogue the build
failures and triage the situation. As evidence of my intent, please see the
notes I left in the prior exp-run. 

I ran out of time last year. This year I've made fixing Lua on FreeBSD my
primary goal and I am hoping that my current opportunity doesn't slip away. I
look forward to working together with the ports team to improve FreeBSD in any
way I can, but I really need that exp-run first. :)

Sincerely, 

Russell Haley

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