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

On Mon, 2019-09-23 at 11:02 +0100, Daniel P. Berrangé wrote: > 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. Sounds good to me!