Re: [libvirt] [dbus PATCH v2] build: convert to Meson/Ninja build system

On Mon, Sep 23, 2019 at 11:59:01AM +0200, Andrea Bolognani wrote: > For what it's worth, I also prefer 'syntax': the -check suffix is > useful for make because it highlights that you're verifying some > property of the program, and also clearly ties > > make check > make syntax-check > > together. In the case of Meson, the fact that you're verifying > something is explicit in the name of the ninja target, and also > > ninja test --suite unit > ninja test --suite syntax > > are already very obviously connected. Using 'syntax-check' for the > latter would, if anything, make the relationship unbalanced: why > didn't we call the former 'unit-check' then? How about calling the suite "style" rather than "syntax" since I think that better reflects what it is actually doing. It is coding style / guidelines checks.