From ebe1327df3e84f3d6fe5f546b442ececfb9ea86b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Hisham Muhammad Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2025 19:21:25 -0300 Subject: docs: update changelog for LuaRocks 3.12.0 --- docs/download.md | 16 +- docs/index.md | 2 +- docs/release_history.md | 597 ------------------------------------------------ 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 609 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 docs/release_history.md (limited to 'docs') diff --git a/docs/download.md b/docs/download.md index 9413ed10..b580ff8a 100644 --- a/docs/download.md +++ b/docs/download.md @@ -1,17 +1,11 @@ # Download -# Downloading +# Downloading -Latest release: **LuaRocks 3.11.1** - '31/May/2024' +* [Releases](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/) +* [Changelog](../CHANGELOG.md) -* [Tarball for Unix](https://luarocks.org/releases/luarocks-3.11.1.tar.gz) -* [Windows all-in-one executable (32-bit)](https://luarocks.org/releases/luarocks-3.11.1-windows-32.zip) -* [Windows all-in-one executable (64-bit)](https://luarocks.org/releases/luarocks-3.11.1-windows-64.zip) -* [other files](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/) - -For release notes and older versions, see the [release history](release_history.md). - -# Installing +# Installing * [Installation instructions for Unix](installation_instructions_for_unix.md) (Linux, BSDs, etc.) * [Installation instructions for macOS](installation_instructions_for_macos.md) @@ -25,7 +19,7 @@ package already includes them and a binary of Lua, as a convenience. Once LuaRocks is installed, make sure to read the [Documentation](index.md) for more information! -# The bleeding edge +# The bleeding edge Development is done using Git. To get the latest development sources, run: diff --git a/docs/index.md b/docs/index.md index 075593e7..f4d60b49 100644 --- a/docs/index.md +++ b/docs/index.md @@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ * [luarocks-admin refresh cache](luarocks_admin_refresh_cache.md) * [luarocks-admin remove](luarocks_admin_remove.md) - * [Release history](release_history.md) + * [Release history](../CHANGELOG.md) * [Credits](credits.md) * [License](license.md) diff --git a/docs/release_history.md b/docs/release_history.md deleted file mode 100644 index 52c61893..00000000 --- a/docs/release_history.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,597 +0,0 @@ -# Release history - -**Version 3.11.1** - 31/May/2024 - [Source tarball for Unix](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-3.11.1.tar.gz) - -[Windows binary (32-bit)](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-3.11.1-windows-32.zip) - -[Windows binary (64-bit)](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-3.11.1-windows-64.zip) - -[Linux binary (x86_64)](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-3.11.1-linux-x86_64.zip) - -[other files](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/) - -**Version 3.11.0** - 13/Mar/2024 - [Source tarball for Unix](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-3.11.0.tar.gz) - -[Windows binary (32-bit)](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-3.11.0-windows-32.zip) - -[Windows binary (64-bit)](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-3.11.0-windows-64.zip) - -[Linux binary (x86_64)](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-3.11.0-linux-x86_64.zip) - -[other files](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/) - -**Version 3.10.0** - 27/Feb/2024 - [Source tarball for Unix](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-3.10.0.tar.gz) - -[Windows binary (32-bit)](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-3.10.0-windows-32.zip) - -[Windows binary (64-bit)](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-3.10.0-windows-64.zip) - -[Linux binary (x86_64)](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-3.10.0-linux-x86_64.zip) - -[other files](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/) - -**Version 3.9.2** - 08/Dec/2022 - [Source tarball for Unix](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-3.9.2.tar.gz) - -[Windows binary (32-bit)](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-3.9.2-windows-32.zip) - -[Windows binary (64-bit)](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-3.9.2-windows-64.zip) - -[Linux binary (x86_64)](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-3.9.2-linux-x86_64.zip) - -[other files](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/) - -**Version 3.9.1** - 01/Jul/2022 - [Source tarball for Unix](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-3.9.1.tar.gz) - -[Windows binary (32-bit)](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-3.9.1-windows-32.zip) - -[Windows binary (64-bit)](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-3.9.1-windows-64.zip) - -[Linux binary (x86_64)](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-3.9.1-linux-x86_64.zip) - -[other files](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/) - -**Version 3.9.0** - 17/Apr/2022 - [Source tarball for Unix](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-3.9.0.tar.gz) - -[Windows binary (32-bit)](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-3.9.0-windows-32.zip) - -[Windows binary (64-bit)](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-3.9.0-windows-64.zip) - -[Linux binary (x86_64)](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-3.9.0-linux-x86_64.zip) - -[other files](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/) - -* `builtin` build mode now always respects CC, CFLAGS and LDFLAGS -* Check that lua.h version matches the desired Lua version -* Check that the version of the Lua C library matches the desired Lua version -* Fixed deployment of non-wrapped binaries -* Fixed crash when `--lua-version` option is malformed -* Fixed help message for `--pin` option -* Unix: use native methods and don't always rely on $USER to determine user -* Windows: use native CLI tooling more -* macOS: support .tbd extension when checking for libraries -* macOS: add XCode SDK path to search paths -* macOS: add best-effort heuristic for library search using Homebrew paths -* macOS: avoid quoting issues with LIBFLAG -* macOS: deployment target is now 11.0 on macOS 11+ -* added DragonFly BSD support -* LuaRocks test suite now runs on Lua 5.4 and LuaJIT -* Internal dependencies of standalone LuaRocks executable were bumped - -**Version 3.8.0** - 08/Nov/2021 - [Source tarball for Unix](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-3.8.0.tar.gz) - -[Windows binary (32-bit)](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-3.8.0-windows-32.zip) - -[Windows binary (64-bit)](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-3.8.0-windows-64.zip) - -[Linux binary (x86_64)](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-3.8.0-linux-x86_64.zip) - -[other files](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/) - -**Version 3.7.0** - 13/Apr/2021 - [Source tarball for Unix](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-3.7.0.tar.gz) - -[Windows binary (32-bit)](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-3.7.0-windows-32.zip) - -[Windows binary (64-bit)](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-3.7.0-windows-64.zip) - -[Linux binary (x86_64)](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-3.7.0-linux-x86_64.zip) - -[other files](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/) - -**Version 3.6.0** - 30/Mar/2021 - [Source tarball for Unix](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-3.6.0.tar.gz) - -[Windows binary (32-bit)](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-3.6.0-windows-32.zip) - -[Windows binary (64-bit)](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-3.6.0-windows-64.zip) - -[Linux binary (x86_64)](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-3.6.0-linux-x86_64.zip) - -[other files](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/) - -**Version 3.5.0** - 10/Dec/2020 - [Source tarball for Unix](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-3.5.0.tar.gz) - -[Windows binary (32-bit)](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-3.5.0-windows-32.zip) - -[Windows binary (64-bit)](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-3.5.0-windows-64.zip) - -[Linux binary (x86_64)](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-3.5.0-linux-x86_64.zip) - -[other files](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/) - -**Version 3.4.0** - 25/Sep/2020 - [Source tarball for Unix](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-3.4.0.tar.gz) - -[Windows binary (32-bit)](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-3.4.0-windows-32.zip) - -[Windows binary (64-bit)](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-3.4.0-windows-64.zip) - -[Linux binary (x86_64)](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-3.4.0-linux-x86_64.zip) - -[other files](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/) - -* `luarocks make` now supports `--only-deps` -* `luarocks make` new flag: `--no-install`, which only performs the compilation step -* `--deps-only` is now an alias for `--only-deps` (useful in case you always kept getting it wrong, like me!) -* `luarocks build` and `luarocks make` now support using `--pin` and `--only-deps` at the same time, to produce a lock file of dependencies in use without installing the main package. -* `luarocks show` can now accept a substring of the rock's name, like `list`. -* `luarocks config`: when running without system-wide permissions, try storing the config locally by default. Also, if setting both lua_dir and --lua-version explicitly, auto-switch the default Lua version. -* `luarocks` with no arguments now prints more info about the location of the Lua interpreter which is being used -* `luarocks new_version` now keeps the old URL if the MD5 doesn't change. -* `DEPS_DIR` is now accepted as a generic variable for dependency directories (e.g. `luarocks install foo DEPS_DIR=/usr/local`) -* Handle quoting of arguments at the application level, for improved Windows support -* All-in-one binary bundles `dkjson`, so it runs `luarocks upload` without requiring any additional dependencies. -* Tweaks for Terra compatibility -* win32: generate proper temp filename -* No longer assume that Lua 5.3 is built with compat libraries and bundles `bit32` -* `luarocks show`: do not crash when rockspec description is empty -* When detecting the location of `lua.h`, check that its version matches the version of Lua being used -* Fail gracefully when a third-party tool (wget, etc.) is missing -* Fix logic for disabling mirrors that return network errors -* Fix detection of Lua path based on arg variable -* Fix regression on dependency matching of luarocks.loader - -**Version 3.3.1** - 07/Feb/2020 - [All Unix](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-3.3.1.tar.gz) - -[Windows all-in-one executable (32-bit)](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-3.3.1-windows-32.zip) - -[Windows all-in-one executable (64-bit)](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-3.3.1-windows-64.zip) - -[other files](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/) - -* Fix downgrades of rocks containing directories: stop it from creating spurious 0-byte files where directories have been -* Fix error message when attempting to copy a file that is missing -* Detect OpenBSD-specific dependency paths - -**Version 3.3.0** - 28/Jan/2020 - [All Unix](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-3.3.0.tar.gz) - -[Windows all-in-one executable](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-3.3.0-windows-32.zip) - -[other files](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/) - -**Version 3.2.1** - 05/Sep/2019 - [All Unix](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-3.2.1.tar.gz) - -[Windows all-in-one executable](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-3.2.1-windows-32.zip) - -[other files](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/) - -**Version 3.2.0** - 28/Aug/2019 - [All Unix](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-3.2.0.tar.gz) - -[Windows all-in-one executable](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-3.2.0-windows-32.zip) - [other files](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases) - -* Bugfix: luarocks path does not change the order of pre-existing path items when prepending or appending to path variables -* Bugfix: fix directory detection on the Mac -* When building with --force-config, LuaRocks now never uses the "project" directory, but only the forced configuration -* Lua libdir is now only checked for commands/platforms that really need to link Lua explicitly -* LuaJIT is now detected dynamically -* RaptorJIT is now detected as a LuaJIT variant -* Improvements in Lua autodetection at runtime -* luarocks new_version: new option --dir -* luarocks which: report modules found via package.path and package.cpath as well -* install.bat: Improved detection for Visual Studio 2017 and higher -* Bundled LuaSec in all-in-one binary bumped to version 0.8.1 - -**Version 3.1.3** - 06/Jun/2019 - [All Unix](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-3.1.3.tar.gz) - -[Windows all-in-one executable](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-3.1.3-windows-32.zip) - -**Version 3.1.2** - 07/May/2019 - [All Unix](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-3.1.2.tar.gz) - -[Windows all-in-one executable](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-3.1.2-windows-32.zip) - -**Version 3.1.1** - 06/May/2019 - [All Unix](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-3.1.1.tar.gz) - -[Windows all-in-one executable](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-3.1.1-windows-32.zip) - -**Version 3.1.0** - 30/Apr/2019 - [All Unix](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-3.1.0.tar.gz) - -[Windows all-in-one executable](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-3.1.0-windows-32.zip) - -* config: add git-like modes for setting and inspecting configuration -* make: run rockspec patches on first `luarocks make` run and use a lockfile to avoid double patching -* persist selected Lua version when setting `luarocks config lua_version 5.x` -* new flag --global for overriding local_by_default = true -* do not complain if home cache cannot be created (use temp dir instead) -* caching improvements for increased performance -* project-based workflow: if ./.luarocks/config-5.x.lua exists, assume Lua 5.x -* install, pack, build, make: new flags --sign and --verify (using GPG) -* install: new flag --no-doc -* Improve Lua paths auto-detection -* Various bugfixes - -**Version 3.0.4** - 30/Oct/2018 - [All Unix](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-3.0.4.tar.gz) - -[Windows all-in-one executable](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-3.0.4-windows-32.zip) - -* Fork-free platform detection at startup -* Improved detection of the default rockspec in commands such as `luarocks test` -* Various minor bugfixes - -**Version 3.0.3** - 15/Sep/2018 - [All Unix](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-3.0.3.tar.gz) - -[Windows all-in-one executable](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-3.0.3-windows-32.zip) - -* Minor bugfixes - -**Version 3.0.2** - 07/Sep/2018 - [All Unix](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-3.0.2.tar.gz) - -[Windows all-in-one executable](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-3.0.2-windows-32.zip) - -* Improvements in luarocks init, new --reset flag -* write_rockspec: --lua-version renamed to --lua-versions -* Improved behavior in module autodetection -* Bugfixes in luarocks show -* Fix upgrade/downgrade when a single rock has clashing module filenames -* Fix for autodetected external dependencies with non-alphabetic characters - -**Version 3.0.1** - 14/Aug/2018 - [All Unix](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-3.0.1.tar.gz) - -[Windows all-in-one executable](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-3.0.1-windows-32.zip) - -* Numerous bugfixes -* Store Lua location in config file, so that a user can run `luarocks init --lua-dir=/my/lua/location` and have that location remain active for that project -* Various improvements to the Unix makefile, including $(DESTDIR) support and an uninstall rule -* Autodetect FreeBSD-style include paths (/usr/include/lua5x/) - -**Version 3.0.0** - 25/Jul/2018 - [All Unix](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-3.0.0.tar.gz) - -[Windows batch installer](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-3.0.0-win32.zip) - -* New rockspec format -* New commands, including `luarocks init` for per-project workflows -* New flags, including `--lua-dir` and `--lua-version` for using multiple Lua installs with a single LuaRocks -* New build system, gearing towards a new distribution model -* General improvements, including namespaces -* User-visible changes, including some breaking changes -* Internal changes - -**Version 2.4.4** - 12/Mar/2018 - [All Unix](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-2.4.4.tar.gz) - -[Windows](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-2.4.4-win32.zip) - -* Do not halt a package deletion process when a file from the package is missing -* Updated bundled binaries in Windows package: Lua 5.1.5, Wget 1.19.4, 7zip 18.01 -* Updated Windows installer to better handle gcc toolchains -* Fix detection of directories on Windows -* Fixes .def generation on Windows - -**Version 2.4.3** - 12/Sep/2017 - [All Unix](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-2.4.3.tar.gz) - -[Windows](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-2.4.3-win32.zip) - -* Fixed display of pathnames in `luarocks show` -* Improved check for write permissions when installing -* Plus assorted bugfixes and improvements - -**Version 2.4.2** - 30/Nov/2016 - [All Unix](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-2.4.2.tar.gz) - [Windows](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-2.4.2-win32.zip) - -* Fixed conflict resolution on deploy/delete -* Improved dependency check messages -* Performance improvements when removing packages -* Support user-defined `platforms` array in config file -* Improvements in Lua interpreter version detection in Unix configure script -* Relaxed Lua version detection to improve support for alternative implementations (e.g. Ravi) -* Plus assorted bugfixes and improvements - -**Version 2.4.1** - 06/Oct/2016 - [All Unix](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-2.4.1.tar.gz) - [Windows](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-2.4.1-win32.zip) - -* Avoid coroutine use in luarocks.loader -* Fix upgrade issues for very old versions - -**Version 2.4.0** - 08/Sep/2016 - [All Unix](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-2.4.0.tar.gz) - [Windows](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-2.4.0-win32.zip) - -* New test suite based on Busted; runs on Linux, OSX and Windows -* git+ssh:// fetch protocol -* Improved behavior preserving permissions -* Improved listing of dependencies on installation -* Improved behavior of argument handling in `pack` -* MSYS and Haiku platform detection -* Feature-based detection of internal bit32 and utf8 modules -* Internal reorganization of luarocks.fs code -* `remove` option --force=fast renamed to --force-fast -* Plus assorted bugfixes and cleanups - -**Version 2.3.0** - 09/Jan/2016 - [All Unix](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-2.3.0.tar.gz) - [Windows](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-2.3.0-win32.zip) - -* Windows: major redesign of the install tree structure -* Windows: Auto setup of MSVC environments -* Improve error messages when tools are not installed -* CMake: generate 64-bit builds when appropriate -* Improve check of location of config files -* MacOSX: set MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET using env -* Remove --extensions flag; use rockspec_format instead -* New `luarocks config` command to query configuration -* Improved UI for messages when external deps are missing -* Unix: Robustness improvement in configure script -* Plus tweaks and bugfixes. See the changelog for details. - -**Version 2.2.2** - 24/Apr/2015 - [All Unix](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-2.2.2.tar.gz) - [Windows](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-2.2.2-win32.zip) - -* `luarocks build --only-deps` and `luarocks install --only-deps` for installing dependencies only -* Mercurial support -* Improved command-line argument parser, now validates arguments (it previously ignored unrecognized arguments) and accepts both `--flag=option` and `--flag option` in flags that take arguments. -* For consistency with `luarocks show`, `luarocks doc --homepage` is now `luarocks doc --home` -* Improvements to CMake build backend -* Improved Makefiles for handling simultaneous bootstrapped installations -* Various bugfixes - -**Version 2.2.1** - 17/Mar/2015 - [All Unix](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-2.2.1.tar.gz) - [Windows](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-2.2.1-win32.zip) - -* Improved compatibility with Lua 5.3 -* `luarocks list --outdated` for listing modules with available upgrades -* Assorted bugfixes - -**Version 2.2.0** - 15/Aug/2014 - [All Unix](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-2.2.0.tar.gz) - [Windows](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-2.2.0-win32.zip) - -* MoonRocks is the new default repository: http://rocks.moonscript.org - Rocks don't need to be sent to the LuaRocks mailing list anymore, you can upload them directly at the website or using... -* ...`luarocks upload` command for uploading rocks to MoonRocks via the command-line -* Preliminary support for Lua 5.3 -* No longer uses the module() function, for Lua 5.2 installations built without Lua 5.1 compatibility -* --branch flag for `luarocks build` and `luarocks make` -* various improvements in `luarocks doc` command -* "git+http" transport for source.url - -**Version 2.1.2** - 10/Jan/2014 - [All Unix](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-2.1.2.tar.gz) - [Windows](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-2.1.2-win32.zip) - -* major improvements in the Windows install.bat script. Now installs by default on standard Windows locations, while the old self-contained all-under-one-dir installation is still supported through an option flag. The documentation at luarocks.org didn't catch up with it yet, so please refer to "install /?" for instructions. -* a new command, "luarocks doc " that tries to find any installed documentation. Due to the lack of documentation standards for Lua, this uses a few heuristics. Feedback on the feature is appreciated. -* a rocks_provided configuration entry in which you can preload dependencies that are already fulfulled in your system; a few defaults are included (bit32 is auto-provided in Lua 5.2; luabitop is auto-provided in LuaJIT) -* generated script wrappers are now more robust -* Graceful handling of permission errors on Windows -* Minor performance improvements -* Support for "named trees", so you can label your rocks trees and use flags such as --tree=system or --tree=user instead of the full path -* "luarocks" with no arguments presents more useful diagnostics -* Improved Lua detection in Unix installer -* plus assorted bugfixes - -**Version 2.1.1** - 29/Oct/2013 - [All Unix](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-2.1.1.tar.gz) - [Windows](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-2.1.1-win32.zip) - -* Remote manifests are now compressed and locally cached, making commands faster -* New command "write_rockspec" which generates rockspec file templates -* detection of multiarch directories on Linux -* environment and performance improvements on Windows -* New --force=fast option for 'luarocks remove' -* New --local-tree flag for 'luarocks-admin make-manifest' -* Improved error checking -* plus assorted bugfixes - -**Version 2.1.0** - 09/Aug/2013 - [All Unix](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-2.1.0.tar.gz) - [Windows](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-2.1.0-win32.zip) - -* accesses manifest-{5.1,5.2} in remote servers to provide properly filtered results for Lua 5.1 or 5.2 -* Remove old versions when installing a new one and old versions are no longer needed to honor dependencies. -* 'make bootstrap' is now an advertised option for installing LuaRocks itself as a rock on Unix systems -* 'luarocks purge --old-versions' for cleaning up a local tree -* --keep flag to produce the old behavior of keeping old versions around (can be made permanent setting keep_old_versions=true in the config file) -* security config options 'accepted_build_types' and 'hooks_enabled' -* 'lua_version' is now available as a global for your config.lua -* new flags --lr-path, --lr-cpath, --lr-bin for 'luarocks path' for use in scripts -* friendlier error messages -* plus bugfixes - -**Version 2.0.13** - 16/Apr/2013 - [All Unix](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-2.0.13.tar.gz) - [Windows](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-2.0.13-win32.zip) - -* Support for Lua 5.2 is no longer marked as experimental -* Support for installing two instances of LuaRocks, for Lua 5.1 and 5.2, in parallel -* Improvements for the 'builtin' build mode on Windows -* rclauncher on Windows does not rely on a precompiled object anymore -* Improvements for the Windows installer, including optional registry entries for context-menu operations -* Improvements in 'luarocks new_version` command for autogenerating updated rockspecs -* 'luarocks remove' command accepts rock and rockspec filenames - -**Version 2.0.12** - 05/Nov/2012 - [All Unix](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-2.0.12.tar.gz) - [Windows](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-2.0.12-win32.zip) - -* "Dependencies mode" selection to configure how to work with multiple local trees -* New command "purge" that erases a local tree -* --porcelain flag for "list" and "search" -* More consistent user-agent reporting -* Code cleanups, removal of dead code -* Fixes regressions on Mac and Windows - -**Version 2.0.11** - 21/Sep/2012 - [All Unix](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-2.0.11.tar.gz) - [Windows](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-2.0.11-win32.zip) - -* Work around LuaSocket crash when given proxy URLs without the scheme part -* Save manifest file in a single fs operation to make it more atomic -* Fix tree loading order on luarocks.loader with multiple trees -* Fix detection of write permissions -* Improve dependency detection using configurable patterns, now a file like "libfoo.so.1" satisfies "libfoo.so" -* --bin flag for "luarocks path" command, exports $PATH -* Support for mirrors in the rocks_servers list, default list of mirrors included -* Avoid using Lua modules internally on Windows, to avoid file system locking -* Add NetBSD support -* Rename luarocks.rep to luarocks.repos -* Fail gracefully on the absence of cmake, on cmake build mode -* New command "lint", to check the syntax of a rockspec -* Fix builtin build mode on Mac OSX < 10.5 -* Improve configure tests for Debian-based platforms - -**Version 2.0.10** - 12/Jul/2012 - [All Unix](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-2.0.10.tar.gz) - [Windows](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-2.0.10-win32.zip) - -* Fix fetching Git tags/branches -* Fix strictness issue with parameter of io.open -* Builtin mode sets rpath when compiling on Unix -* Use full path in $(LUA) when configured with --with-lua -* Cleanup of .svn dir in svn-based rocks -* Improvement for 'make bootstrap' - -**Version 2.0.9** - 31/May/2012 - [All Unix](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-2.0.9.tar.gz) - [Windows](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-2.0.9-win32.zip) - -* Experimental support for Lua 5.2 (auto-detection and explicit --lua-version flag in configure) -* Solaris support and BSD fixes -* --nodeps flag for forced installation without dependencies -* "new_version" command to streamline writing of updated rockspecs -* Improved handling of LUAROCKS_SYSCONFIG variable -* Clickable URLs in descriptions in rocks repo index.html -* Nicer-looking persisted tables -* Assorted bugfixes - -**Version 2.0.8** - 29/Feb/2012 - [All Unix](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-2.0.8.tar.gz) - [Windows](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-2.0.8-win32.zip) - -* Fix in CMake build backend -* Fix handling error condition of --pack-binary-rock -* Fixes for Windows .bat installer -* Improved arch detection when packing binary rocks -* Workaround LuaPosix 5.1.15 problem with chmod() -* Proper error messages when config files are invalid -* Avoid checking permissions when it's not necessary -* Fix behavior of 'builtin' rocks which install init.lua scripts -* git+file:// pseudoprotocol for local Git repos -* New binaries from GnuWin32 shipped in Win32 zip -* Nicer-looking help - -**Version 2.0.7.1** - 10/Jan/2012 - [All Unix](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-2.0.7.1.tar.gz) - [Windows](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-2.0.7.1-win32.zip) - -* Fix installation of files in build operation -* Deprecate --to and --from, use --server and --tree instead -* Improved documentation, thanks to LDoc - -**Version 2.0.7** - 10/Dec/2011 - [All Unix](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-2.0.7.tar.gz) - [Windows](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-2.0.7-win32.zip) - -* Quieter git checkout -* --only-sources flag to restrict download of sources from a single domain -* Copy entries to bin/ with proper permissions -* Fix --pack-binary-rock and add support for it in "luarocks make" as well -* Isolate references to "5.1" to luarocks.cfg module -* More logical names for flags: --tree, --server -* Improved documentation - -**Version 2.0.6** - 04/Oct/2011 - [All Unix](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-2.0.6.tar.gz) - [Windows](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-2.0.6-win32.zip) - -* Fixes for rockspecs missing 'description' or the contents of 'source.url' -* Escape fixes for LuaJIT/Metalua -* Support for building a rock without installing it -* Site-local configuration is now at luarocks.site_config -* Support for Mercurial -* Flag for experimental extensions -* Plus assorted bugfixes - -**Version 2.0.5** - 17/Aug/2011 - [All Unix](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-2.0.5.tar.gz) - [Windows](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-2.0.5-win32.zip) - -* External commands are overridable through variables or config.lua -* No longer uses print() - output goes to stdout, errors to stderr -* Handle redirects between http (LuaSocket) and https (LuaSec) -* Avoid relying on the $PWD variable -* Code cleanups - -**Version 2.0.4.1** - 17/Jan/2011 - [All Unix](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-2.0.4.1.tar.gz) - [Windows](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-2.0.4.1-win32.zip) - -* Minor bugfix release - -**Version 2.0.4** - 23/Dec/2010 - [All Unix](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-2.0.4.tar.gz) - [Windows](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-2.0.4-win32.zip) - -* Command "remove" for luarocks-admin -* Check for write permissions in repository and suggest --local -* Remove .git from source tree when downloading from Git -* Display of external dependencies in index.html -* OpenBSD support -* More thorough search for external libraries -* Normalize paths to fix behavior when LFS is used under Windows -* Add HTTPS support using LuaSec when using LuaSocket, for consistency -* Better propagation of error messages -* Stable sort of persisted files such as manifests -* Plus assorted bugfixes - -**Version 2.0.3** - 14/Sep/2010 - [All Unix](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-2.0.3.tar.gz) - [Windows](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-2.0.3-win32.zip) - -* Check for permissions and warn user instead of just installing in local tree -* --local flag for operations on the local tree -* -fPIC is always set in CFLAGS exported to makefiles -* respect permissions when copying files in Unix systems -* display license after build/installation -* svn:// protocol for scm rockspecs -* "luarocks list" and "luarocks search" are now case-insensitive -* "luarocks-admin add" supports adding multiple files at once -* "luarocks-admin add" supports rsync for download and upload and scp for upload -* new command: "luarocks show" displays information about an installed rock -* new command: "luarocks path" to make it easy to export Lua env variables -* plus assorted bugfixes - -**Version 2.0.2** - 01/Apr/2010 - [All Unix](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-2.0.2.tar.gz) - [Windows](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-2.0.2-win32.zip) - -* use LuaSocket if available for downloading files -* use LuaZip if available for unzipping files -* MinGW support in builtin build backend -* updated installation files for Windows, including a LuaForWindows-compatible package - -**Version 2.0.1** - 27/Oct/2009 - [All Unix](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-2.0.1.tar.gz) - [Windows](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-2.0.1-win32.zip) - -* luarocks.cfg is no longer edited during installation; a separate site-local luarocks.config module is created. -* robustness fixes and improvements for luarocks.add -* cleanup of configure options and references to the old LuaForge URLs -* install LuaRocks as a rock -* plus assorted bugfixes - -**Version 2.0** - 17/Oct/2009 - [All Unix](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-2.0.tar.gz) - [Windows](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-2.0-win32.zip) - -* module files are now deployed to standard Lua-style paths -* new package loader module luarocks.loader, superseding the require()-override module luarocks.require -* new abstraction system for file system operations: the OS-specific back-ends for luarocks.fs were split between native-Lua and tool-based implementations -* new format for local manifest -* new command for luarocks: "download", to fetch .rock and .rockspec files -* new commands for luarocks-admin: "add", to upload rocks to a repository, and "refresh_cache", to refresh the cache used by the "add" command -* plus a number of cleanups and bugfixes - -**Version 1.0.1** - 13/Mar/2009 - [All Unix](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-1.0.1.tar.gz) - [Windows](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-1.0.1-win32.zip) - -* Improve portability in usage of Unix tools -* Allow use of local rocks servers in the --from flag -* Improve detection of external libraries on Mac OSX -* Fix build of the 'builtin' backend under Windows -* Support for the 'md5' binary as a MD5 checker - -**Version 1.0** - 01/Sep/2008 - [All Unix](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-1.0.tar.gz) - [Windows](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-1.0-win32.zip) - -* Add support for post-install hooks -* Path helper scripts for binaries on Windows systems. -* Git support, contributed by Thomas Harning. -* Improve shell compatibility for different Unix systems. -* Add the @ operator for no-upgrade dependencies. -* Add check for rockspec version format. -* Generate index.html when building a manifest for a repository. -* Plus assorted bugfixes. - -**Version 0.6** - 30/Jun/2008 - [All Unix](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-0.6.tar.gz) - [Windows](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-0.6-win32.zip) - -* Check external deps on binary installs. Allow rockspecs to specify supported platforms. Support platform-agnostic specification of external deps files. Allow overriding external deps subdirs. -* Structured build systems in subdirectories. -* Smarter check to decide if a rock is pure Lua or not, also checking bin/ -* Restructuring of fs code. -* Modularized fetch code to support multiple SCMs. -* Added specific support for 'doc' directory in rockspecs. Auto-install files in 'lua' in builtin builds. -* Support for Surround SCM, contributed by Ignacio Burgueño. -* "module" build type renamed to "builtin"; "cvs_tag" and "cvs_module" renamed to "tag" and "module". Old names still supported for compatibility for now, to be cleaned up by 1.0. -* Plus many bugfixes. - -**Version 0.5.2** - 13/May/2008 - [All Unix](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-0.5.2.tar.gz) - [Windows](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-0.5.2-win32.zip) - -* Fixes problems with removal of read-only files on Windows -* Fixes issues with external libraries on the 'module' build type on Windows -* Fixes the --only-from flag -* Renames the luarocks.config module to luarocks.cfg avoiding conflict's with the user configuration file config.lua - -**Version 0.5.1** - 25/Apr/2008 - [All Unix](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-0.5.1.tar.gz) - [Windows](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-0.5.1-win32.zip) - -* Added function get_rock_from_module in luarocks.require, allowing apps to inspect which rock they're getting modules from. -* Added variables LUA, LIB_EXTENSION and OBJ_EXTENSION, now available for rockspec authors. -* Assorted bugfixes, especially for the Windows package. -* Build system improvements: add DESTDIR variable to makefile to make things easier for distros packaging LuaRocks. - -**Version 0.5** - 03/Apr/2008 - [All Unix](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-0.5.tar.gz) - [Windows](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-0.5-win32.zip) - -* New flags in the ./configure on Unix (see configure --help) and install.bat on Windows (see install.bat /?) -* Support for multiple local repositories. By extension, LuaRocks features more intuitive configuration defaults (it installs rocks to $PREFIX/lib/luarocks if you have the permission, and to $HOME/.luarocks if you don't). -* Flags --from=_server_, --only-from=_server_ and --to=_tree_, to allow specifying exactly where to get rocks from and where to install them to. -* The manifest file now stores dependency info -- luarocks.require no longer scans rockspec files. -* 'unpack' command allows unpacking binary and pure-Lua rocks, for inspecting. -* Plus assorted bugfixes. - -**Version 0.4.3** - 03/Mar/2008 - [All Unix](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-0.4.3.tar.gz) - [Windows](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-0.4.3-win32.zip) - -* The MD5 check feature added in 0.4.2 can now use openssl instead of md5sum (making LuaRocks friendlier to OSX). -* Added a license file in the tarball (making LuaRocks friendlier to Debian). -* Plus assorted bugfixes. - -**Version 0.4.2** - 09/Feb/2008 - [All Unix](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-0.4.2.tar.gz) - [Windows](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-0.4.2-win32.zip) - -* Support .lua files directly in the URL field. -* Perform check of MD5 checksum in sources. -* Accept plain strings in all fields of the source table of the "module" build type. -* Bugfixes. - -**Version 0.4.1** - 25/Jan/2008 - [All Unix](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-0.4.1.tar.gz) - [Windows](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-0.4.1-win32.zip) - -* New configure/install.bat flags for setting scripts dir and local repository dir. -* "unpack" command now supports rockspec files as well. -* Complete code documentation. -* Many assorted bugfixes. - -**Version 0.4** - 18/Jan/2008 - [All Unix](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-0.4.tar.gz) - [Windows](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-0.4-win32.zip) - -* Adds the "unpack" command for debugging rocks (.src.rock only at this point). -* Support curl as an alternative downloader for OSX, removing the dependency on wget. -* Support for installing non-Lua entries in bin/ dirs. -* Support for specifying libdirs, incdirs, libraries and defines in "module"-type builds. -* x86_64 support, by Brian Hetro. -* FreeBSD support, by Matthew M. Burke. -* Performance improvements. -* Many assorted bugfixes. - -**Version 0.3.2** - 21/Dec/2007 - [All Unix](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-0.3.2.tar.gz) - [Windows](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-0.3.2-win32.zip) - -* Support for patching and inclusion of extra files (such as Makefiles) through a rockspec. -* Support "platforms" overrides table for dependencies, external dependencies and source URLs. -* Many assorted bugfixes. - -**Version 0.3.1** - 18/Dec/2007 - [All Unix](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-0.3.1.tar.gz) - [Windows](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-0.3.1-win32.zip) - -* Improved search: results now feature separate lists for source and binary rocks. -* Windows support for the "module" build type (using Visual Studio). -* Many assorted bugfixes. - -**Version 0.3** - 04/Dec/2007 - [All Unix](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-0.3.tar.gz) - [Windows](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-0.3-win32.zip) - -* Includes Windows package. -* Adds the "module" build type. -* Performance improvements. - -**Version 0.2** - 23/Oct/2007 - [All Unix](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-0.2.tar.gz) - -* Bugfixes and improvements to build infrastructure. -* Adds the LuaRocks "remove" command. - -**Version 0.1** - 09/Aug/2007 - [All Unix](https://luarocks.github.io/luarocks/releases/luarocks-0.1.tar.gz) - -* Initial release. -- cgit v1.2.3-55-g6feb