Xapian discuss - Dec 2018 - Lua bindings package for Debian?

Hey, was just thinking about trying Lua out but I noticed
there's no bindings packaged for Debian.  It's shipped with the
rest of the bindings source and I've long relied on Perl
package.

Why is that?

Thanks.

On Mon, Dec 10, 2018 at 09:15:56PM +0000, Eric Wong
wrote:
> Hey, was just thinking about trying Lua out but I noticed
> there's no bindings packaged for Debian.  It's shipped with the
> rest of the bindings source and I've long relied on Perl
> package.
> 
> Why is that?
Mostly nobody's done the work to package it yet (I think you're
the first person I've seen ask about it).

If you're interested in working on it, that'd be great.  Otherwise
I'd suggest opening a wishlist bug (either in xapian's trac or the
Debian BTS).

Cheers,
    Olly

Olly Betts <olly at survex.com> wrote:
> If you're interested in working on it, that'd be great.  Otherwise
> I'd suggest opening a wishlist bug (either in xapian's trac or the
> Debian BTS).
Thanks for the response; I was worried there'd be some defect
with the bindings which made them unsuitable for Debian.

Anyways, Debian bug opened; don't think I'll have time to deal
with packaging or figuring out Lua.
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=916189