On Tue, 11 Jul 2023 at 02:10, Werner LEMBERG wrote:
>> If ftinspect and, potentially, other software is not going to be
>> built via autotools, is there a case to move to another build
>> system?
Well, yes. Meson will eventually become the main tool for building
FreeType, I think (or rather, it definitely won't become CMake as the
default).
This is good to know. I’ll start experimenting with meson to build the Debian packages before making the switch.
However, cleaning up the build system was/is a GSoC
project, so nobody else touched it in earnest. In particular, I am
not a specialist for Meson; additionally, Meson itself is still quite
a moving target.
What functionality are you looking for? From my limited experience of meson, it’s a bit clunky to get working, but once I’ve got the correct commands everything seems to build correctly.
Hugh