Re: [Buildroot] [PATCH] package/mpv: use meson instead of waf

["Thomas Bonnefille" <thomas.bonnefille@bootlin.com>]

Hello Thomas,
>
> ...
>
> > Can you develop ? I'm not sure what kind of regression can be introduced
> > ?
> > I don't know if it answers the question but the meson build system has
> > been added to mpv with "waf-compatibility" in mind and so all the
> > options were translated from waf to meson. [1]
>
> When you switch to one build system (waf) to another (meson), there is
> a fairly high chance that the way dependencies are detected is going to
> be slightly different, causing some subtle differences in behavior.
> After all, all the dependency detection logic and all the build logic
> is completely changed. We have regularly seen regressions when switch
> from build system A to build system B. Of course, it doesn't mean it
> shouldn't be done, but it means that considering such a switch as a fix
> for our LTS branch is clearly not good.

Thank you for this explanation.

> In addition to this migration to meson, what about bumping to a newer
> version of mpv? Of course, in a separate commit.

Yes, it's totally possible but many things moved forward in mpv and a
bump is a little bit more complicated. 
I've already worked on this issue in my Buildroot's fork [1] and it
requires two more packages and therefore a significantly bigger patch
serie.

Thank you,
Thomas

[1] : https://github.com/Taumille/buildroot/tree/b4/bump_mpv
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