[Lua-users-stdlib] Is this project (lua-users-stdlib) still active?

[Identity G. <d7r...@sn...>]

Hi,

I wasn't sure if the stdlib project for Lua was still active.  Reuben, I've 
sent this message to you personally just this once in the event that the 
mailing list isn't active; just let me know if you do read the mailing list 
still.

I downloaded both the latest Compat-5.1 and the latest stdlib, installed them 
in the correct path (/usr/local/share/lua50), and tried to execute the 
following script (nothing crazy -- just seeing if it compiles):

    #!/usr/bin/lua
    require "compat-5.1"
    require "io.getopt"

I get:

$ ./test_script 
/usr/bin/lua: /usr/local/share/lua50/rex-ext.lua:7: bad argument #1 to 
`setmetatable' (table expected, got nil)
stack traceback:
	[C]: in function `setmetatable'
	/usr/local/share/lua50/rex-ext.lua:7: in function `init'
	/usr/local/share/lua50/compat-5.1.lua:200: in function `require'
	/usr/local/share/lua50/string/xml.lua:6: in function `init'
	/usr/local/share/lua50/compat-5.1.lua:200: in function `require'
	/usr/local/share/lua50/string-ext.lua:8: in function `init'
	/usr/local/share/lua50/compat-5.1.lua:200: in function `require'
	/usr/local/share/lua50/io/getopt.lua:7: in function `init'
	/usr/local/share/lua50/compat-5.1.lua:200: in function `require'
	./make_init.d_script:4: in main chunk
	[C]: ?

I haven't yet dug into the stdlib code.  Actually, before digging in, I was 
interested to see first what the status was on the project.  Is scripting in 
Lua still a sensible direction to push towards?  Or has there been too much 
resistance from the Lua community in general?

If stdlib is current, then do you perhaps know what the problem might be?  
According to "lua -v" I'm on version 5.0.2, which came from the Debian 
testing repository (Debian versions 5.0.2-5.1).

Thanks for you help,
Sukant Hajra