[debhelper-devel] Bug#795253: Bug#795253: Add support for Meson build system

[Niels Thykier]

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On 2015-08-12 11:55, Jussi Pakkanen wrote:
> Package: debhelper
> Version: 9.20150811
> Severity: wishlist
> 
> Please add support for building packages using the Meson build system. The
> exact build steps to take are the following.
> 
> [...]
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> [...]

Hi,

Thanks for the suggestion and the basic information about Meson.

I got a couple of questions:

 * How many packages in Debian are (or will in the near future) be
   using this build system?

 * What (build-)dependencies are required for building a package with
   Meson/ninja (beyond build-essential)?

 * Is it possible to reliably auto-detect if an upstream is using Meson
   like it is with other build systems such as autoconf+make?
   - If not, it can at best be a "manually invoked" build system.

Thanks,
~Niels