[bug-gettext] replacing autotools with meson?

[Alexander Kanavin]

Hello all,

I'm a contributor to the Yocto Project, and we would like to replace 
autotools (as gettext's build system) with meson.

The immediate reason is that getting to the point where gettext can be 
built takes an unusually long time: several minutes, and for no good 
reason that I can see, just lots of trivial tests like whether 
definitions are macros etc. Gettext is on a critical path for us (when 
building images for embedded devices), and so we would like to speed 
things up here.

The larger reason is that meson as build system is a lot more pleasant 
to deal with, and many projects, particularly those affiliated with 
Gnome are switching to it. Gstreamer is perhaps the most well known.

What's your take?

Links:

Gstreamer switching to meson:
http://blog.nirbheek.in/2016/05/gstreamer-and-meson-new-hope.html

List of projects using meson:
http://mesonbuild.com/Users.html

Meson website:
http://mesonbuild.com/


Thanks,
Alex