Print a list of all not-found required and optional dependencies
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- Python
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Description
It's very annoying to run `meson` and work your way through a list of required and not-found dependencies one-by-one. Package managers are slow and have a large overhead per-invocation and ideally you want to get a full list, set it to install, and get back to it later.
There is no recourse w.r.t. this when using Autotools, but we can definitely do better. I think it would also be a major plus-point when talking about Meson to other people.
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Research direction
The issue names no files, tests, or entry points beyond running meson, so begin by locating where Meson checks required and optional dependencies and how it reports not-found results. Done means a single configuration run reports the complete list of missing required and optional dependencies for later batch installation.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- build-system
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100