[PATCH 00/25] alsa-tools: efw-downloader: add initial version of firmwre downloader for Echo Audio Fireworks devices

[Takashi Sakamoto]

Hi,

On Wed, Aug 26, 2020 at 01:31:53PM +0200, Takashi Iwai wrote:
> On Wed, 26 Aug 2020 11:32:58 +0200,
> Takashi Sakamoto wrote:
> > 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > Would I expect any reaction by maintainers of alsa-tools repository for
> > the patches?
> 
> I'm reviewing those patches now.
 
Thanks for your review.

> Since it's based on meson build, it'll be tricky to include this in
> alsa-tools whether others are all autoconf.  The tarball creation is
> done in the top directory and that assumes the execution of "make
> alsa-dist" in each subdirectory.  Without this integration, the
> directory won't be included in the release.
> 
> Could you work on it, too?

I didn't have enough care of distributing the package. Thank you for the
indication.

Although it's possible to write configure.ac/Makefile.am for
efw-downloader, I'd like to use meson.build for my convenience, especially
for the convenience of gnome module[1] in meson (Nowadays software in GNOME
project including GLib is mostly build by meson).

As long as I know, the concept of release creation in GNU Autotools is
different from the one in meson build system. GNU Autotools distributes
scripts generated from Makefile.am/configure.ac and so. On the other
hand, meson distributes files maintained by git or mercurial.

If we have a space to make enough arrangement for alsa-tools, the
top-level Makefile should be changed to have two variables for
subdirectories which includes software built by GNU Autotools and the
others, then be changed further for configure/install/alsa-dist/clean
targets.

Nevertheless, the idea to mix all of software built by several types of
build system into one repository is not so convenient itself. I'll take
more time to investigate further for better packaging of alsa-tools.
(Tools like Android repo is a bit over-engineering in the case, mmm)

I decline the patchset for now.


[1] https://mesonbuild.com/Gnome-module.html


Thanks

Takashi Sakamoto