[Buildroot] ninja/python-meson packages

[Arnout Vandecappelle]

On 10-11-16 11:28, Thijs Vermeir wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Wed, Nov 9, 2016 at 11:13 PM, Thomas Petazzoni
> <thomas.petazzoni at free-electrons.com> wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> On Wed, 9 Nov 2016 23:01:12 +0100, Cédric Marie wrote:
>>
>>> Le 09/11/2016 à 21:28, Thomas Petazzoni a écrit :
>>>> We are definitely fine with supporting the meson build system in
>>>> Buildroot. The only reason we didn't merge the patches that were
>>>> proposed is because no package was using them. As soon as we have one
>>>> package using this build system in Buildroot, we will of course happily
>>>> merge patches adding support for it.
>>>
>>> The current gstreamer1 version in Buildroot is 1.8.3.
>>> The support for meson was added in 1.9.2. So upgrading gstreamer1 is
>>> certainly necessary before merging Meson support.
>>
>> OK. However, isn't 1.9.x considered a "development" branch from the
>> point of view of GStreamer? At least for Glib/Gtk, the releases with
>> an odd are development ones if I remember correctly.
> 
> Yes, that is correct. GStreamer 1.10.0 is now the latest stable
> release. Note that the
> support for the meson build system is only experimental and not on par
> with the autotools
> based build system.

 Perhaps then it would be good for the GStreamer project if the meson build
system would be (build)-tested by the buildroot autobuild infrastructure, no?

 Regards,
 Arnout


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