Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: moving OpenRC to a meson-based build

[James Le Cuirot]

On Mon, 30 Jan 2017 14:04:06 -0600
William Hubbs <williamh@g.o> wrote:

> I have been looking at the meson build system [1] [2], and I like what I
> see.

I've still only read the documentation but I agree with your
assessment. It's nice to hear something positive about a build system
for once.

> As I said on the bug, the downside is the addition of py3 and ninja as
> build time dependencies, but I think the upside (a build system where
> we don't have to worry about parallel make issues or portability)
> outweighs that.

I don't see those as a problem. I suspect it's only a matter of time
before something else in @system pulls those in.

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James Le Cuirot (chewi)
Gentoo Linux Developer