Re: [PATCH v7 0/5] Switch build system to meson

[Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@kernel.org>]

Em Tue, 13 Sep 2022 09:04:27 +0200
Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@kernel.org> escreveu:

> Em Tue, 13 Sep 2022 07:54:08 +0100
> Hans Verkuil <hverkuil@xs4all.nl> escreveu:
> 
> > Hi Laurent,
> > 
> > On 9/12/22 23:29, Laurent Pinchart wrote:  
> > > Hi Gregor,
> > > 
> > > On Mon, Sep 12, 2022 at 04:41:33PM +0200, Gregor Jasny wrote:    
> > >> Hello Laurent and all the other helping hands,
> > >>
> > >> On 9/9/22 3:44 PM, Laurent Pinchart wrote:    
> > >>> This series is the latest (and greatest) attempt to switch v4l-utils
> > >>> from autotools to meson.
> > >>>
> > >>> Compared to v6, the first noticeable change is that fixups have been
> > >>> squashed into their corresponding commit. Detailed changelogs are now
> > >>> included in individual patches.    
> > >>
> > >> Tested-by: Gregor Jasny <gjasny@googlemail.com>
> > >>
> > >> v7 is still working as expected with my Debian and Ubuntu packaging scripts.    
> > > 
> > > Thanks for testing. I'll post a v8 with the improvements suggested in
> > > the review comments. I will also include updates to the
> > > v4l-utils.spec.in file, and would appreciate help testing it.
> > >     
> > >> What would you think would be a good time to release these changes?
> > >> Should I do a release shortly after the this change has landed?    
> > > 
> > > I think that would be a good idea. Once v8 is out, if there are no more
> > > issues, I think it could be merged.
> > >     
> > 
> > Before you do that, I would like to do a few more tests next week.  
> 
> I'd like to to it too, once the summary is there. I want to compare
> autotools x meson with regards to enable/disable each build option,
> and check the results.

Ah, forgot to mention, but, before disabling autotools, I need
the recipe for using Coverity with meson, as otherwise we'll have
a regression on CI.

The final patch dropping support for auto-tools can only be
applied upstream after changing the CI to build via meson.

So, the steps should be:

1. Version 8 is submitted;
2. Once it pass on tests, merge without dropping auto-tools support;
3. change CI to build via meson and test it;
4. release a new version.

I'm in doubt if we should drop auto-tools before (4) or if we should
keep support for it for a while. 

Thanks,
Mauro