From 16a162d10af8d4d73dbf0b078f192fcf5de22e0e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eli Schwartz Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2021 00:34:32 -0400 Subject: FAQ: document some community work toward implementing Meson in C/C++ This is useful information for solving the OS bootstrapping problem. Give it some visibility. Also, I don't want to forget where I found any of these. :D ref. #2335 --- docs/markdown/FAQ.md | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) (limited to 'docs/markdown/FAQ.md') diff --git a/docs/markdown/FAQ.md b/docs/markdown/FAQ.md index 0ed731e..feddc37 100644 --- a/docs/markdown/FAQ.md +++ b/docs/markdown/FAQ.md @@ -333,6 +333,16 @@ that could fulfill these requirements: Out of these we have chosen Python because it is the best fit for our needs. +## But I really want a version of Meson that doesn't use python! + +Ecosystem diversity is good. We encourage interested users to write this +competing implementation of Meson themselves. As of September 2021, there are 3 +projects attempting to do just this: + + - [muon](https://git.sr.ht/~lattis/muon) + - [Meson++](https://github.com/dcbaker/meson-plus-plus) + - [boson](https://git.sr.ht/~bl4ckb0ne/boson) + ## I have proprietary compiler toolchain X that does not work with Meson, how can I make it work? Meson needs to know several details about each compiler in order to -- cgit v1.1