Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] Add support for meson building

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+Xavier, Nicolas

On Thu, 2020-06-18 at 14:57 +0100, Kieran Bingham wrote:
> Hi Ariel,
> 
> Wow there's a lot of work there! That must have taken quite some effort
> between you and Ezequiel!
> 

(: I don't remember having done much, so all kudos must go to Ariel.
 
> I've looked through, and about the only thing that stands out to me is
> the way you're joining strings.
> 
> Meson provides a join_paths() function specifically for that.
> Now we're "probably" not going to build this library on anything other
> than linux, but I think the function still has merit over the arbitrary
> strings which I mis-interpreted for 'divide' at first glance :S
> 
> Other than that, I expect we will have to run both build systems in
> parallel for some time to allow packaging and other builders to adapt.
> That might mean it's a bit more difficult to make sure both build
> systems are updated when adding new files or changing the build in anyway.
> 

Why?

Is it too naive to expect that's it's safe to just turn the flip on meson,
and remove autotools?

Everyone doing packaging is already aware and used to meson.

Thanks!
Ezequiel





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