Specify awesome version beyond "git"

[sztomi]

I tried using the master of awesome (29f6387defd) but that doesn't work with this config. I also tried 6101ef51 (which is currently in the AUR PKGBUILD of awesome-git) but that also doesn't work. I'm getting the following error:

error while running function!
stack traceback:
	[C]: in function 'require'
	/home/tamas/.config/awesome/components/notifications.lua:16: in main chunk
	[C]: in function 'require'
	/home/tamas/.config/awesome/rc.lua:31: in main chunk
error: /home/tamas/.config/awesome/components/notifications.lua:16: module 'ruled' not found:
	no field package.preload['ruled']
	no file '/usr/local/share/lua/5.3/ruled.lua'
	no file '/usr/local/share/lua/5.3/ruled/init.lua'
	no file '/usr/local/lib/lua/5.3/ruled.lua'
	no file '/usr/local/lib/lua/5.3/ruled/init.lua'
	no file '/usr/share/lua/5.3/ruled.lua'
	no file '/usr/share/lua/5.3/ruled/init.lua'
	no file './ruled.lua'
	no file './ruled/init.lua'
	no file '/home/tamas/.config/awesome/ruled.lua'
	no file '/home/tamas/.config/awesome/ruled/init.lua'
	no file '/etc/xdg/xdg-awesome/awesome/ruled.lua'
	no file '/etc/xdg/xdg-awesome/awesome/ruled/init.lua'
	no file '/etc/xdg/awesome/ruled.lua'
	no file '/etc/xdg/awesome/ruled/init.lua'
	no file '/usr/local/share/awesome/lib/ruled.lua'
	no file '/usr/local/share/awesome/lib/ruled/init.lua'
	no file '/usr/local/lib/lua/5.3/ruled.so'
	no file '/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/lua/5.3/ruled.so'
	no file '/usr/lib/lua/5.3/ruled.so'
	no file '/usr/local/lib/lua/5.3/loadall.so'
	no file './ruled.so'
	no file '/home/tamas/.config/awesome/ruled.so'
	no file '/etc/xdg/xdg-awesome/awesome/ruled.so'
	no file '/etc/xdg/awesome/ruled.so'
	no file '/usr/local/share/awesome/lib/ruled.so'

This is pretty hard to google, but it seems like this is a part of awesome that's removed/renamed in more recent versions. So what's the latest version (git SHA) of awesome that works with this config?

[sztomi]

FWIW, the error I get with master is different:

2020-05-03 18:36:20 W: awesome: luaA_dofunction:78: error while running function!
stack traceback:
	/usr/local/share/awesome/lib/awful/screen.lua:344: in function 'awful.screen.preferred'
	/home/tamas/.config/awesome/components/notifications.lua:167: in local 'func'
	/usr/local/share/awesome/lib/gears/object.lua:190: in function 'naughty.core.emit_signal'
	/usr/local/share/awesome/lib/naughty/notification.lua:1204: in function </usr/local/share/awesome/lib/naughty/notification.lua:1109>
	(...tail calls...)
	/home/tamas/.config/awesome/components/notifications.lua:107: in local 'func'
	/usr/local/share/awesome/lib/gears/object.lua:190: in function 'naughty.core.emit_signal'
	/usr/local/share/awesome/lib/naughty/init.lua:83: in function </usr/local/share/awesome/lib/naughty/init.lua:75>
	[C]: in metamethod '__index'
	/usr/local/share/awesome/lib/awful/screen.lua:344: in function 'awful.screen.preferred'
	/home/tamas/.config/awesome/components/notifications.lua:167: in local 'func'
	/usr/local/share/awesome/lib/gears/object.lua:190: in function 'naughty.core.emit_signal'
	/usr/local/share/awesome/lib/naughty/notification.lua:1204: in function </usr/local/share/awesome/lib/naughty/notification.lua:1109>
	(...tail calls...)
	/home/tamas/.config/awesome/components/wallpaper.lua:46: in main chunk
	[C]: in function 'require'
	/home/tamas/.config/awesome/rc.lua:36: in main chunk
error: /usr/local/share/awesome/lib/awful/screen.lua:344: attempt to index a nil value (local 'c')
error while running function!
stack traceback:
	/usr/local/share/awesome/lib/awful/screen.lua:344: in function 'awful.screen.preferred'
	/home/tamas/.config/awesome/components/notifications.lua:167: in local 'func'
	/usr/local/share/awesome/lib/gears/object.lua:190: in function 'naughty.core.emit_signal'
	/usr/local/share/awesome/lib/naughty/notification.lua:1204: in function </usr/local/share/awesome/lib/naughty/notification.lua:1109>
	(...tail calls...)
	/home/tamas/.config/awesome/components/wallpaper.lua:46: in main chunk
	[C]: in function 'require'
	/home/tamas/.config/awesome/rc.lua:36: in main chunk
error: /usr/local/share/awesome/lib/awful/screen.lua:344: attempt to index a nil value (local 'c')

[WillPower3309]

Thanks for the report! Previously the awesome-git package in the AUR worked perfectly, it would appear that awesome recently updated the API, effectively borking my config. Ill work on updating it this evening!

[sztomi]

Thanks! I think any -git package, by definition is a moving target. So it's better to pinpoint a SHA or tag if possible.

[WillPower3309]

This is taking a lot longer than i anticipated, I'm essentially recreating the config piece by piece on the most recent non git branch (this will ensure stability and allow non arch distros to run it without compiling from github). That being said, have made a lot of progress and am aiming to push the new version out on friday

[WillPower3309]

Looking like it will be a sunday release, all that is left to do it the left panel, however the icons are being difficult

Current changes are on branch 4.3