[Mesa-dev] [PATCHv2 1/2] meson: Use python to run glsl tests

[Emil Velikov]

On 17 August 2018 at 18:59, Dylan Baker <dylan at pnwbakers.com> wrote:
> Quoting Emil Velikov (2018-08-17 04:11:32)
>> From: Dylan Baker <dylan at pnwbakers.com>
>>
>> There are multiple reasons why the python scripts are executed
>> explicitly via $PYTHON or equivalent. In random order:
>>
>>  - env is rarely a thing on Windows
>
> windows does something completely different based on file extensions, however
> IUC, the python loader for windows does actually read the shbang to decide
> whether to invoke python 2 or python 3, so that might not be a problem
>
>>  - env can be outside of /usr/bin/
>
> Ah Haiku. :)
>
There are other exotic OS which [attempt to] use Mesa - Hurd, NixOS,
Genode, etc ;-)

>>  - the python executable varies across platforms - pythonX.Y, python
>>  - we want to use the same python version everywhere in Mesa
>>  - executing the scripts manually, doesn't ensure all the dependencies
>> are built and up-to date
>
> This is not true for meson, meson runs tests all at once after all
> building/re-building is complete.
>
I think you missed "manually" in my statement.

Thanks
Emil