[superna9999]

Introduce meson.build to be used with the Meson build system, which handles the dependency and advanced compiler options for when used on various linux distributions.

The libftdi .so for example has different names on different distribution, using meson makes sure we can handle those easily, and easily integrate with other package build systems like Yocto or Buildroot.

[konradybcio]

should we settle on just one?

meson is fine in my eyes, it's pretty common

[superna9999]

@konradybcio drop makefile ? probably at some point, but we must be confident meson is ok

[konradybcio]

please rebase

[lumag]

Generally I'm not sure what is the benefit of switching to meson, other than it being 'newer' than make.

[superna9999]

Well, the biggest point about meson it it's very easy integration with package managers, like:

bitbake:

inherit meson

debian:

dh_auto_configure --buildsystem=meson

apkbuild:

newapkbuild -m https://github.com/linux-msm/cdba

arch:

makedepends=(meson)

build() {
  arch-meson $pkgname-$pkgver build
  meson compile -C build
}

check() {
  meson test -C build --print-errorlogs
}

package() {
  meson install -C build --destdir "$pkgdir"
}

(ok not the best example here)

rpm spec:

BuildRequires: meson

gentoo:

inherit meson

buildroot:

$(eval $(meson-package))

openwrt:

# include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/meson.mk

[lumag]

Could you please also delete the Makefile? LGTM otherwise

[superna9999]

@lumag done, dropped all references to makefile and switched CodeQL to autobuild

[lumag]

Could you please also delete the Makefile?