[libvirt PATCH 000/351] port libvirt to Meson build system

[Pavel Hrdina]

On Thu, Jul 16, 2020 at 08:36:42PM +0200, Jiri Denemark wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 16, 2020 at 15:47:48 +0200, Pavel Hrdina wrote:
> > On Thu, Jul 16, 2020 at 02:01:34PM +0100, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote:
> > > On Thu, Jul 16, 2020 at 11:53:56AM +0200, Pavel Hrdina wrote:
> > > > Patches are available in my Gitlab repo as well:
> > > > 
> > > >     git clone -b meson https://gitlab.com/phrdina/libvirt.git
> > > > 
> > > > and link to Giltab pipeline:
> > > > 
> > > >     https://gitlab.com/phrdina/libvirt/-/pipelines/167276632
> > > > 
> > > > The pipeline is not for the latest version is I tweaked some commit
> > > > messages.
> > > 
> > > BTW, assuming we do positively review this, we need to consider when
> > > is a good time to merge. Having positive CI builds is good, but that
> > > only tells us that a build succeeded, it doesn't tell us that all the
> > > right features are enabled. I think it is inevitable that we are going
> > > to break stuff and miss it in review.  So the prudent approach would
> > > be to merge this series immediately after a release, so that we have
> > > as much of a full month available as possible for debugging post-merge.
> > 
> > Completely agree here. I wanted to post the patches with some time
> > before next release so the review can catch the main and obvious issues
> > or suggest different approach to some parts of the new build system.
> > 
> > There were also privet suggestions to push it even without review right
> > after release is done and deal with the issues before next release.
> 
> This was more a joke than a serious suggestion. But I basically wanted
> to express what Daniel said already. We will face bugs that won't be
> caught by any review and it will take time to find and fix them. I agree
> with the plan to push this after the release.

You were not the only one :) obviously it was a joke. There should be
review at least of the main constructs and design of the patches to make
sure we are on the same page. But doing review of every single line
would take ages.

Pavel
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