Re: [PATCH 0/5] Increase minimum meson version

[zhoumin <zhoumin@loongson.cn>]

Hi David,

On Tues, Oct 8, 2024 at 8:28AM, David Marchand wrote:
> Hello CI guys,
>
> On Fri, Sep 20, 2024 at 2:57 PM Bruce Richardson
> <bruce.richardson@intel.com> wrote:
>> This patchset proposed increasing the minimum meson version to 0.57
>> and makes changes to update our build files appropriately for that
>> change: replacing deprecated functions, removing unnecessary version
>> checks and taking advantage of some new capabilities.
>>
>> Why 0.57? No one particular reason; it's mainly a conservative version
>> bump that doesn't have many impacts, but still gives us the minimum
>> updates we need to replace the deprecated get_cross_properties fn
>> and have a few extra features guaranteed available.
>>
>> Bruce Richardson (5):
>>    build: increase minimum meson version to 0.57
>>    build: remove version check on compiler links function
>>    build: remove unnecessary version checks
>>    build: use version file support from meson
>>    build: replace deprecated meson function
>>
>>   .ci/linux-setup.sh                        | 2 +-
>>   config/arm/meson.build                    | 4 ++--
>>   config/meson.build                        | 8 ++++----
>>   config/riscv/meson.build                  | 4 ++--
>>   doc/api/meson.build                       | 2 +-
>>   doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst         | 2 +-
>>   doc/guides/prog_guide/build-sdk-meson.rst | 2 +-
>>   drivers/common/qat/meson.build            | 2 +-
>>   drivers/crypto/ipsec_mb/meson.build       | 2 +-
>>   drivers/event/cnxk/meson.build            | 2 +-
>>   drivers/meson.build                       | 7 ++-----
>>   drivers/net/cnxk/meson.build              | 2 +-
>>   lib/meson.build                           | 6 ------
>>   meson.build                               | 7 ++-----
>>   14 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 32 deletions(-)
> This series can't be merged until the (UNH and LoongArch) CI are ready
> for such a change.
>
> TL;DR: the meson minimum version is being changed from 0.53.2 to 0.57
> in the current release.
>
> @UNH @Min Zhou
> How long would it take for all CI to be ready for this change?
It's OK for Loongson lab. The meson version for DPDK CI in Loongson lab 
is 0.63.0.
> Important note: if relevant to your CI, testing against LTS branches
> must still be done with the 0.53.2 version, so no change relying on
> post 0.53.2 meson feature gets backported.
>
>