- Update to version 0.61.1:
+ Add a test for the --vsenv meson setup option.
+ install: Setup VS env if we did that during setup
+ gnome.genmarshal: restore the ability to pass sources as Files
objects.
+ Fix system include arguments for clang-cl.
+ Lots of fixes/additions to tests.
+ gome.gdbus_codegen: fix annotations argument for multiple
annotations
+ Search for Visual Studio Express when activating VS env.
+ ninja backend: Fix custom_target() console: kwarg when using
env
+ Fix typo in error message.
+ gnome.gdbus_codegen: allow File objects as XML file.
+ gnome.gtkdoc: fix passing file arguments as a configured file.
+ gome.gdbus_codegen: fix annotations argument for multiple
annotations
+ Fix broken module tests which caused gtkdoc-check to traceback
on assert.
+ gnome: fix typo in vapigen option metadatadir.
- Changes from version 0.61.0:
+ backend_startup_project will no longer erase the last project
in a VS solution if it is not the specified project.
+ Windows.compile_resources CustomTarget: Previously the Windows
module only accepted CustomTargets with one output, it now
accepts them with more than one output, and creates a windows
resource target for each output. Additionally it now accepts
indexes of CustomTargets.
+ Add a man page backend to refman. The refman docs (function and
object reference) can now be generated as a man page.
+ extract_objects() supports generated sources. Custom targets or
generated files (returned by generator.process()) can now be
passed to extract_objects().
+ Python 3.6 support will be dropped in the next release. As a
result, we will begin requiring Python 3.7 or newer in Meson
0.62, which is the next release. Starting with Meson 0.61, we
now print a NOTICE: when a meson command is run on Python 3.6
to inform users about this.
+ Warning if check kwarg of run_command is missing. The check
kwarg of run_command currently defaults to false. Because we
want to change that, running run_command('cmd') now results in:
WARNING: You should add the boolean check kwarg to the
run_command call. It currently defaults to false, but it will
default to true in future releases of meson.
See also: https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/issues/9300
+ meson rewrite can modify extra_files. The build script rewriter
can now modify targets' extra_files lists, or create them if
absent. It it used in the same way as with rewriting source
lists: meson rewrite target
{add_extra_files/rm_extra_files} [list of extra files].
+ The rewriter's script mode also supports these actions:
{
"type": "target",
"target": "",
"operation": "extra_files_add / extra_files_rm",
"sources": ["list", "of", "extra", "files", "to", "add,
remove"],
}
+ meson rewrite target info outputs target's
extra_files. Targets' extra_files lists are now included in the
rewriter's target info dump as a list of file paths, in the
same way sources are. This applies to both meson rewrite CLI
and script mode.
+ Visual Studio 2022 backend: As Visual Studio 2022 is released
recently, it's time to support the new version in Meson. This
mainly includes the new "v143" platform tools. The usage is
similar to other backends. For example meson setup builddir
--backend=vs2022 will configure "builddir" for projects
compatible with Visual Studio 2022.
+ Support for CMake <3.14 is now deprecated for CMake
subprojects. In CMake 3.14, the File API was introduced and the
old CMake server API was deprecated (and removed in CMake
3.20). Thus support for this API will also be removed from
Meson in future releases. This deprecation only affects CMake
subprojects.
+ Added support for sccache. Meson now supports sccache just like
it has supported CCache. If both sccache and CCache are
available, the autodetection logic prefers sccache.
+ install_symlink function. It is now possible to request for
symbolic links to be installed during installation. The
install_symlink function takes a positional argument to the
link name, and installs a symbolic link pointing to pointing_to
target. The link will be created under install_dir directory
and cannot contain path separators. install_symlink('target',
pointing_to: '../bin/target', install_dir: '/usr/sbin')