Re: [igt-dev] [PATCH i-g-t 7/7] automake: Remove VC4/V3D build support

Daniel Vetter
2019-01-23T11:39:01Z

On Tue, Jan 22, 2019 at 10:50:31AM -0800, Eric Anholt wrote:
> Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@ffwll.ch> writes:
>
> > Eric is using meson nowadays.
> >
> > Cc: Eric Anholt <eric@anholt.net>
> > Signed-off-by: Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@intel.com>
>
> Reviewed-by: Eric Anholt <eric@anholt.net>
>
> But, why keep autotools around at this point?

Inertia mostly, old systems with fairly old distro (and not enough disk
space to upgrade), and automake still works somewhat. I think the
consensus was to keep automake going for tests only until a good enough
meson is available in debian stable/ubuntu lts. I think everything else is
switched, including our CI. Personally I'd run a more aggressive upgrade
cycle, but I think this is ok overall.
-Daniel
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Daniel Vetter
Software Engineer, Intel Corporation