Add meson build system#32
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Update debian, fedora and ubuntu to their latest version available, remove unsupported versions.
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This is interesting, I will need a bit of time to review, so don't worry if you do not hear from me - it still will be in todo list. What I see now is:
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Add the Meson build system alongside autotools allowing to keep the current build system working until the port is validated by distributors. The Meson build system has a syntax easier to understand than autotools, build faster and allow to use ninja instead of make. It also makes things safer for cross-compilation and dependencies handling.
Keep the autotools CI working as we need both to be proven to work.
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I've updated the commit to explain the choice of Meson. I'm keeping the current autotools build system alive until all distributors have confirmed that there is no regression with the Meson port. Most project that switched to Meson did so during at least one release to allow the distros to fallback to the autotools build system in case something is missing. |
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Add the Meson build system alongside autotools allowing to keep the current build system working until the port is validated by distributors.
The Meson build system has a syntax easier to understand than autotools, build faster
and allow to use ninja instead of make.
It also makes things safer for cross-compilation and dependencies handling.
Keep the autotools CI working as we need both to be proven to work.