Also notable is that it was discovered by the community, discussed by the community, and fixed by the community (thanks @corsix for that and your other patches!).

I think there was a concern that when Mike Pall stepped away from LuaJIT that its stability would be jeopardized. But clearly, people are getting their hands dirty and Mike is still around to review and merge the results.

For anyone interested in how that is done: http://repo.or.cz/luajit-2.0.git/commitdiff/73680a5fc760cb39...