From: Phillip Wood Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2024 08:50:35 GMT Subject: Re: ./configure fails to link test program due to missing dependencies Message-ID: In-Reply-To: On 29/09/2024 19:10, Eli Schwartz wrote: > 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