mesonbuild / mesonbuild/wrapdb

Upstream OpenSSL wrap

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Description

Conversation at https://github.com/openssl/openssl/issues/16812 finally converged on considering to add official (optional for now) Meson support upstream.

There are two major steps seeing there:
* [ ] https://github.com/openssl/openssl/issues/16188 that will serve as a single source of build sources for multiple build systems without relying on Perl when compiling from official OpenSSL release
* [ ] https://github.com/openssl/openssl/issues/16812 to use ^ for Meson build system

Essentially right now OpenSSL build system uses a non-trivial generator to figure out what sources and other things should be used depending on target platform, which causes challenges for end users trying to compile it, especialy when they don't want to rely on Perl.

By abstracting it in reusable way and generating during release process upstream, it would be much easier to pick pre-generated files by secondary build system like Meson.

Creating this issue downstream as this is where most of knowledgable engineers are who already maintain OpenSSL wrap.

I do not have the time to do this myself in the near term, but happy to collaborate with someone/help with review to make sure things are moving forward.

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First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by reading the linked OpenSSL issues 16188 and 16812, then review how the downstream OpenSSL wrap currently handles generated sources and platform-specific build inputs. Done means the upstream work has converged and the wrap can consume the resulting reusable, pre-generated sources for optional Meson support without requiring Perl.

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Assessment

Domain
build-system
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
20/100

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