Re: Meson build system

Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> wrote at 12:38 this Tuesday (GMT):

Not strictly a Linux topic, but....
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So I've used GNU Autotools for many many years (like since 2006 maybe?). But
for new project I decided to go with Meson. I had another look at CMake, but
it's still a little too grotesque for me, although the Qt project has switched
from qmake to cmake. (Meson also supports cmake to some extent, as I understand
it.)
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Meson is not quite as complex as autotools, though it has its own learning
curve. It is fairly well documented and the project seems responsive to user
requests. For example, I put in a request to provide an alternative to
meson_options.txt so that one could use /etc/DIRCOLOR to highlight this
configuration file, and it was implemented as meson.options in version 1.1.
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So I've currently got two git projects on my in-house "server" (this ASUS
laptop), and I have figured out how to use one project as a Meson subproject
for the other project, referring to the git repository of the other:
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   [wrap-git]
   url = ssh://usr@server/srv/git/other_project.git
   revision = head
   depth = 1
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Anyway, builds are *fast*, and switching between GNU C++ and Clang++ is easy.
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As for converting my big app project from autotools to meson... too daunting
for now.

Neat, I haven't heard about meson before! I tried CMake, but it is
horrible to use. I'm currently trying to learn the zig build system, but
meson looks pretty cool!
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