"net" namespace no more availbale for lua extensioon

I just discovered that the vlc.net (poll etc) are now available for lua interface only. I can't really see the reason and I'm surprised you didn't deprecated it before. Anyway the result is that the extension vlsub doesn't work on vlc 2.1.0. This functionality is key for this extension because I need to send custom header in http request and I can't do that with vlc.stream. Could you please consider reactivate vlc.net function for lua extensions in 2.1.1 release?

You should have send, close recv in the .net. Just not poll,read,write.

From the error an user give me and the doc, I think the whole "net" name space isn't available any more:

lua warning: Error while running script /usr/lib/vlc/lua/extensions/VLSub.luac, function activate(): 
lua/extensions/VLSub.lua:1184: attempt to index field 'net' (a nil value)

Mail me, so I can give a new build. Or I can give you a sha1 to revert.

@Courmisch: can you tell what is the original ticket if this one is a duplicate?

Nevermind it is not a duplicate.

commit c6f67d75 Author: Jean-Baptiste Kempf jb@videolan.org Date: Mon Sep 30 00:02:18 2013 +0200

lua: make "net" namespace available to extensions

Close [#9495](https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/-/issues/9495)

Original author: jb@videolan.org

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The commit lua: separate generic and interface-specific net functions let the "net" namespace available for extensions but empty it from all his functions except those that "doesn't belong in this name space". I can't see why this functions should be interface specific, I think a lot of extensions could need them, to make A http post for example. So could you please make the functions of the net module available for extension again?

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Cannot just revert changes to bring the old net module back to extensions including vlc.net.opendir(path) already used by Add Similar Files From Folder extension? I would like to use this function in my next extension, Subtitle editor.

changed milestone to %2.1.x maintenance bugs

What is going on with this? VLSub and other extensions still don't work as of 2.1.2

Why does this keep getting pushed back? It doesn't seem like a difficult fix to me...

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commit fe30f8c0 Author: Rémi Denis-Courmont remi@remlab.net Date: Mon Mar 24 19:54:13 2014 +0200

Lua: add sockets to extensions (fixes [#9495](https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc/-/issues/9495))

Original author: remi@remlab.net

lua.net.poll is still unavailable on Windows (deb38e43ecf62699d62e2dc80fd4c4aea4ac0d32). How do you use lua.net.connect_tcp without it? An example/documentation update would be nice.

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Replying to [comment:16 exebetche]:

lua.net.poll is still unavailable on Windows (deb38e43ecf62699d62e2dc80fd4c4aea4ac0d32). How do you use lua.net.connect_tcp without it? An example/documentation update would be nice.

This is #8961 (closed), I think, not this bug.

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mentioned in issue #10160 (closed)