On So, 04 Jan 2009, Taco Hoekwater wrote:
Nothing has been done yet, but I favour <texmf>/luatex, and Karl agreed with me :-)
Ok, that is a good indicator ;-)
The files in question are not scripts. For example, take socket.lua. This is the lua part of the socket implementation, of which the C side is compiled into the executable (as socket.a). socket.lua is not a standalone package, and it has to have the same version exactly as the embedded socket.a, both are distributed by luatex itself, and both come from upstream.
Ok, I see the difference now. Fine with me.
And there is a precedent: bibtex, dvips, omega, all have similar top-level directories for runtime files that do not depend on macro packages.
Agreed.
Sorry for the noise.
Best wishes
Norbert
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