Deprecate CMake and move to Meson

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Deprecate CMake and move to Meson #181

Open szszszsz opened 4 years ago

szszszsz commented 4 years ago

There is a proposition to use Meson as a main build system instead of CMake. Let's discuss it here.

Source: https://github.com/Nitrokey/libnitrokey/pull/165#issuecomment-567577747

robinkrahl commented 4 years ago

What is the advantage of meson over CMake?

Personally, I don’t have a strong opinion on this issue, but I think it would be good to choose one and drop the other (unless there are reasons to keep both that I am not aware of).

szszszsz commented 4 years ago

I agree. Only one can be kept up-to-date and tested each release, and the other on the best effort.

It's hard to tell now, since the CMake has improved much since the moment the Meson was created (which was one of the reasons AFAIR). We do not have any technical problems with the former right now as far as I am concerned. Articles on the web are mentioning both as equal solutions.