Package: debhelper Version: 9.20150811 Severity: wishlist Please add support for building packages using the Meson build system. The exact build steps to take are the following.
Configuring Create a build directory. Meson supports all the standard CFLAGS etc so assuming they are set the configuration is done by running this in the build dir: meson --buildtype=plain --prefix=/usr <path to source dir> <additional flags> Compiling To compile, run 'ninja -v' in the build dir. The -v causes all build commands to be printed so the compile flag checker will work. Ninja parallelises itself automatically based on the number of CPUs on the machine. To override add an explicit '-j number' to the invocation. Testing To test, run 'ninja test' in the build dir. Tests are run automatically in parallel. To manually specify number of processes, set the MESON_TESTTHREADS environment variable to the number of CPUs to use. Installing Meson obeys DESTDIR so installation only requires a "ninja install" in the build dir. Thanks,
