Meson get_cross_property deprecated

[Tyler Retzlaff]

On Fri, Sep 20, 2024 at 11:20:12AM +0200, Morten Brørup wrote:
> > From: Bruce Richardson [mailto:bruce.richardson at intel.com]
> > Sent: Friday, 20 September 2024 11.08
> > 
> > On Fri, Sep 20, 2024 at 10:22:59AM +0200, Morten Brørup wrote:
> > >    Hi Bruce,
> > >
> > >
> > >    Meson version 1.3.2 emits a notice that meson.get_cross_property is
> > >    deprecated:
> > >
> > >
> > >    NOTICE: Future-deprecated features used:
> > >
> > >    * 0.58.0: {'meson.get_cross_property'}
> > >
> > >
> > >    It seems to have been replaced by meson.get_external_property:
> > >
> > >    [1]https://mesonbuild.com/Reference-manual_builtin_meson.html#mesonget_
> > >    cross_property
> > >
> > >
> > Unfortunately, according to the docs, get_external_property is only
> > supported from 0.54 onwards, so we can't update to use it until we do a
> > meson minimum-version bump.
> > 
> > Cc: techboard
> > Question for community & techboard: is it better to bump minimum version
> > now in 24.11, or to wait till after the LTS release?  Thoughts?

keep in mind windows build requires.. meson 0.57.0 due to bugs in newer
versions of meson.

> > 
> > /Bruce
> 
> I think we should bump the minimum Meson version now, or we will be stuck with it for the lifetime of the LTS release.
> 
> Also applies to minimum Python version, discussed in another thread:
> https://inbox.dpdk.org/dev/ZuwfsT6iRqcjnxRe@bricha3-mobl1.ger.corp.intel.com/
> 
> -Morten