On Friday, 14 July 2023 at 03:53:10 GMT+8, Werner LEMBERG <[email protected]>
wrote:
> Well, this is not how Meson support is currently set up in
`freetype-demos`: in `subprojects/freetype.wrap`, HEAD of FreeType's
> git repository is used. This is absolutely necessary while developing
> since we regularly use new, not-yet-published features of FreeType in
> the demo programs.
> I don't mind if someone is going to modify the Meson stuff to move
> this requirement to an easy-to-use equivalent to `make devel`. Then a
> standard Meson build could be against a system-installed FreeType
Okay, that's a fair point - features simultaneously getting added in both
freetype2 and tested in freetype2-demos.
I probably will propose identifying some of the demos that don't (currently)
needs private headers to have a "build-against-system" option. I mean cosmetic
things like adding a toggle from one tool to another shouldn't need dev
freetype.
Hin-Tak
