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Package request: luaevent

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Description

Package name

luaevent

Package homepage

https://github.com/harningt/luaevent

Description

This is a binding of libevent to Lua. It will serve as a drop-in replacement
for copas, and eventually support more features (async DNS, HTTP, RPC...).

This package is an optional dependency for prosody package.

Does the requested package meet the package requirements?

System, Compiled, Required

Is the requested package released?

No

Contributor guide

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First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by reviewing the luaevent homepage and Void's package requirements, since the request says luaevent is not released and names no repository files or tests. Done would require a viable released source and a package entry that provides the requested Lua binding for the optional Prosody dependency.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
lua
Domain
build-system
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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