Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 3/7] configure: integrate Meson in the build system

[Daniel P . Berrangé]

On Mon, Jun 10, 2019 at 01:14:57PM +0200, Paolo Bonzini wrote:
> The Meson build system is integrated in the existing configure/make steps
> by invoking Meson from the configure script and converting Meson's build.ninja
> rules to an included Makefile.

Why did you take the route of converting ninja rules into makefile
rules, as opposed to just having some stub makefile rules which
directly invoke ninja where needed ?

Obviously this series is just some initial integration, but eventually
when we get a complete conversion, I think it will look pretty wierd
if we're still converting ninja to make.

Part of the downside of our current build system is that although it
uses make, the usage is wierd and QEMU specific structure. It would
be a shame to pick meson and then again use it is a way that is wierd
and QEMU specific.

Regards,
Daniel
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