Re: [RFC] building postgres with meson -v8

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
To: Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>, Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [RFC] building postgres with meson -v8
Date: 2022-03-28 22:44:36
Message-ID: 498f4933-7fa9-6815-7574-1d3b2ec85daf@dunslane.net
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On 3/28/22 15:59, Andres Freund wrote:
>
> One thing I'd like to discuss fairly soon is what kind of approach to take for
> integrating meson support. Most other projects I looked kept parallel
> buildsystems for at least a release, so that there's one round of "broad" user
> feedback.

We did something similar when we moved from CVS to git.

>
> In our context it could make sense to merge meson, after a few months of
> shakeup remove the current windows buildsystems, and then in release + 1
> remove the make based stuff.
>
> But we can have that discussion that before the next CF, but still after
> code-freeze & immediate mopup.
>

I'd like to get a stake in the ground and then start working on
buildfarm support. Up to now I think it's been a bit too much of a
moving target. Essentially that would mean an interim option for
building with meson.

cheers

andrew

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