Document how to use a persistent build directory and associated caveats

mesonbuild / meson-python

Meson PEP 517 Python build backend

https://mesonbuild.com/meson-python/

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Closed dnicolodi closed 4 months ago

dnicolodi commented 10 months ago

Explain why you'd want to use the build-dir option
Mention it works properly when using --cross-file (eg. https://github.com/scipy/scipy/blob/1c836efe5ff37ffa4490756269b060a464690e62/.github/workflows/wheels.yml#L180-L188)
Explain how build-dir works
Warn that meson-python version mismatches in the build directory can cause trouble