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Meson version policy
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Aims
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---
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* Stable versions of GLib should be buildable from source on the majority of
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systems which are still supported by their vendors, without requiring the
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user to manually build a number of dependencies
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* Unstable versions of GLib should be able to take advantage of newer build
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system features where they would make maintenance of GLib easier, without
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prejudicing the other aims
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Policy
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---
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* Stable branches of GLib will not change their Meson dependency after the
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first release of that stable series
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* Unstable branches of GLib can bump their Meson dependency if
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- at least that version of Meson is currently [available in the freedesktop
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SDK](https://gitlab.com/freedesktop-sdk/freedesktop-sdk/-/blob/master/elements/components/meson.bst); *and*
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- at least that version of Meson is currently available in Debian Testing, or
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- the Python version required by the new Meson dependency is available in
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Debian Stable *and* the oldest currently-supported Ubuntu LTS
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* The version of Meson used by GLib should be pinned and pre-installed in the
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CI `Dockerfile`s so that GLib is guaranteed to be built against the expected
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version
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The reasoning behind allowing a version bump if the Python which Meson depends
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on is available in Debian Stable is that it’s [straightforward to install a more
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recent Meson version using
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`pip`](https://mesonbuild.com/Getting-meson.html#installing-meson-with-pip).
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The reasoning behind requiring the version of Meson to be available in the
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freedesktop SDK is that it is used to build GLib on nightly pipelines in
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[gnome-build-meta](https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-build-meta/), which is
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used to test GLib against multiple third party projects.
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