Re: [PATCH v2] buildtools: allow a different minimum meson version for Windows

[Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>]

On Mon, Jun 16, 2025 at 08:31:11AM -0700, Andre Muezerie wrote:
> There is a minimum meson version specified in the DPDK meson project
> section, which has been documented. This string is parsed by
> buildtools\get-min-meson-version.py and this information is used by
> lab automation to install the corresponding meson package on the
> build machine.
> 
> Turns out that the meson version specified on the DPDK project
> (0.57.x) is buggy on Windows: it has issues related to path
> manipulation, and these issues are causing failures. Therefore,
> a newer meson is required on Windows.
> 
> To avoid bringing the minimum requirements up for all operating
> systems before a more appropriate release, this patch implements
> a mechanism allowing a different version to be specified for Windows.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andre Muezerie <andremue@linux.microsoft.com>
> ---
>  buildtools/get-min-meson-version.py | 8 ++++++--
>  meson.build                         | 1 +
>  2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
Seems a reasonable, simple workaround to me.

Acked-by: Bruce Richardson <bruce.richardson@intel.com>