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diff --git a/docs/markdown/Release-notes-for-0.44.0.md b/docs/markdown/Release-notes-for-0.44.0.md index d765940..4948893 100644 --- a/docs/markdown/Release-notes-for-0.44.0.md +++ b/docs/markdown/Release-notes-for-0.44.0.md @@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ short-description: Release notes for 0.44 ## Added warning function -This function prints its argument to the console prefixed by "WARNING:" in -yellow color. A simple example: +This function prints its argument to the console prefixed by +"WARNING:" in yellow color. A simple example: warning('foo is deprecated, please use bar instead') @@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ These options now default in a way consistent with If prefix is `/usr`, default sysconfdir to `/etc`, localstatedir to `/var` and sharedstatedir to `/var/lib`. -If prefix is `/usr/local` (the default), default localstatedir to `/var/local` -and sharedstatedir to `/var/local/lib`. +If prefix is `/usr/local` (the default), default localstatedir to +`/var/local` and sharedstatedir to `/var/local/lib`. ## An array type for user options @@ -57,12 +57,12 @@ meson _build -Darray_opt=two,three ## LLVM dependency supports both dynamic and static linking -The LLVM dependency has been improved to consistently use dynamic linking. -Previously recent version (>= 3.9) would link dynamically while older versions -would link statically. +The LLVM dependency has been improved to consistently use dynamic +linking. Previously recent version (>= 3.9) would link dynamically +while older versions would link statically. -Now LLVM also accepts the `static` keyword to enable statically linking to LLVM -modules instead of dynamically linking. +Now LLVM also accepts the `static` keyword to enable statically +linking to LLVM modules instead of dynamically linking. ## Added `if_found` to subdir @@ -124,8 +124,8 @@ statements. ## Config-Tool based dependencies gained a method to get arbitrary options -A number of dependencies (CUPS, LLVM, pcap, WxWidgets, GnuStep) use a config -tool instead of pkg-config. As of this version they now have a +A number of dependencies (CUPS, LLVM, pcap, WxWidgets, GnuStep) use a +config tool instead of pkg-config. As of this version they now have a `get_configtool_variable` method, which is analogous to the `get_pkgconfig_variable` for pkg config. @@ -136,9 +136,9 @@ llvm_inc_dir = dep_llvm.get_configtool_variable('includedir') ## Embedded Python in Windows MSI packages -Meson now ships an internal version of Python in the MSI installer packages. -This means that it can run Python scripts that are part of your build -transparently. That is, if you do the following: +Meson now ships an internal version of Python in the MSI installer +packages. This means that it can run Python scripts that are part of +your build transparently. That is, if you do the following: ```meson myprog = find_program('myscript.py') @@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ Then Meson will run the script with its internal Python version if necessary. ## Libwmf dependency now supports libwmf-config -Earlier, `dependency('libwmf')` could only detect the library with pkg-config -files. Now, if pkg-config files are not found, Meson will look for -`libwmf-config` and if it's found, will use that to find the library. +Earlier, `dependency('libwmf')` could only detect the library with +pkg-config files. Now, if pkg-config files are not found, Meson will +look for `libwmf-config` and if it's found, will use that to find the +library. |