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authorPatrick Griffis <tingping@tingping.se>2018-01-15 05:37:05 -0500
committerPatrick Griffis <tingping@tingping.se>2018-01-16 04:46:34 -0500
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Expose a way for distributors to override default directorieswip/default-directories
This allows placing a `distro_directories.py` file in the meson module which exports a `default_directories` dict to override all of the defaults similar to config.site in autoconf. Fixes #2557
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# New features
-This page is a placeholder for the eventual release notes.
+## Added ability for distributors to easily override default directories
-Notable new features should come with release note updates. This is
-done by creating a file snippet called `snippets/featurename.md` and
-whose contents should look like this:
-
- ## Feature name
-
- A short description explaining the new feature and how it should be used.
+Distributors can now install a `distro_directories.py` file to override
+the Meson defaults. See [the distributors page](Distributors.md) for more details.