staging-next 2024-03-24

.github/labeler.yml

@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@
   - any:
     - changed-files:
       - any-glob-to-any-file:
+        - pkgs/development/tools/misc/luarocks/*
         - pkgs/development/interpreters/lua-5/**/*
         - pkgs/development/interpreters/luajit/**/*
         - pkgs/development/lua-modules/**/*

doc/languages-frameworks/lua.section.md

@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ The main package set contains aliases to these package sets, e.g.
 `luaPackages` refers to `lua5_1.pkgs` and `lua52Packages` to
 `lua5_2.pkgs`.
 
+Note that nixpkgs patches the non-luajit interpreters to avoid referring to
+`/usr` and have `;;` (a [placeholder](https://www.lua.org/manual/5.1/manual.html#pdf-package.path) replaced with the default LUA_PATH) work correctly.
+
 ### Installing Lua and packages {#installing-lua-and-packages}
 
 #### Lua environment defined in separate `.nix` file {#lua-environment-defined-in-separate-.nix-file}

nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2405.section.md

@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ Use `services.pipewire.extraConfig` or `services.pipewire.configPackages` for Pi
   }
   ```
 
+- lua interpreters default LUA_PATH and LUA_CPATH are not overriden by nixpkgs
+  anymore, we patch LUA_ROOT instead which is more respectful to upstream.
+
 - Plasma 6 is now available and can be installed with `services.xserver.desktopManager.plasma6.enable = true;`. Plasma 5 will likely be deprecated in the next release (24.11). Note that Plasma 6 runs as Wayland by default, and the X11 session needs to be explicitly selected if necessary.
 
 ## New Services {#sec-release-24.05-new-services}