Re: ./configure fails to link test program due to missing dependencies

From: Phillip Wood <phillip.wood123@gmail.com>
Date: Sep 30, 2024, 08:50 UTC
Message-ID: <a43fa510-9a96-4b92-8107-0c00209d5161@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <d3900cc3-8a0a-4da1-829b-5bcdd7ebca28@gentoo.org>

On 29/09/2024 19:10, Eli Schwartz wrote:

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> On 9/29/24 1:56 PM, Johannes Schindelin wrote:
>> Meson came up as an alternative, so the obvious question is whether it
>> could be used conveniently from within Visual Studio. It takes but one
>> look at https://mesonbuild.com/Using-with-Visual-Studio.html to see that
>> no, the instructions ask the developed to use a command-line interface,
>> which is the opposite of integrating well with an IDE.
>>
>> In short: If we're serious that we want to stop treating Windows-based
>> developers as if they were unwanted here, we'll need to stick to CMake.
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I guess you didn't read the previous comments in this thread? Maybe you
> should take more than one look. :)

We cannot expect everyone who wants to build git using meson in Visual Studio to read this thread and find the message that mentions installing a plugin. It is much more likely that they, like Johannes, will find the documentation on the meson website and conclude they need to run some commands on the commandline. That's a problem with the documentation, not the person reading it. Even if they do find the plugin [1] it is not clear that it helps - no where does it say "this enables you to build software with meson", instead it talks about syntax highlighting, code snippets and linting for meson files.

Best Wishes

Phillip

[1] https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=mesonbuild.mesonbuild