As I recently discovered Meson build system [1] (compatible with Linux, FreeBSD, Windows, Android etc.) which tends to be preferred replacement for autotools (at least recently by many projects). [2]
I didn't found any discussion regarding to porting Wine build system.
I wounder what is your opinion, could Meson can improve wine build times? Also maybe simplified crossbuilds?
Thank you David
[1] http://mesonbuild.com/ [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ae9_rNuFaQM
Am 2017-07-13 um 15:37 schrieb David Heidelberg:
As I recently discovered Meson build system [1] (compatible with Linux, FreeBSD, Windows, Android etc.) which tends to be preferred replacement for autotools (at least recently by many projects). [2]
Wine is rarely a project that jumps onto the newest fanciest thing out there, and in general this attitude has worked well for us :-) . The only thing I remember that we early adopted was git (which also worked very well for us).
I didn't found any discussion regarding to porting Wine build system.
I wounder what is your opinion, could Meson can improve wine build times? Also maybe simplified crossbuilds?
I guess the question is what does it gain us vs how much effort is needed to make the transition. Is there any specific functionality we'll gain and want? A proof of concept port could e.g. show speed gains, but I have my doubts because running the configure script is only a minor part of the entire build time, and I doubt that Meson will make gcc compile faster.
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