gst-tester is a tool to launch `.validatetest` files with
TAP[0] compatible output and supporting missing `gst-validate`
application which means that it can be cleanly integrated with meson
test harness.
It allows us to use `gst-validate` to write integration tests in any
GStreamer repository keeping them as close as possible to the code. It
can simplify a lot test writing and reading and not having to go into
another repository to implement or run tests makes it more convenient to
use.
This also implements a stupid simple test to show how that works
[0] https://testanything.org/
Part-of: <https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gstreamer/-/merge_requests/461>
Fixes a configure error with gst-build:
subprojects/gst-plugins-base/meson.build:235:2: ERROR: Fetched variable 'gst_check_dep' in the subproject 'gstreamer' is not a dependency object.
https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson
With contributions from:
Tim-Philipp Müller <tim@centricular.com>
Mathieu Duponchelle <mathieu.duponchelle@opencreed.com>
Jussi Pakkanen <jpakkane@gmail.com> (original port)
Highlights of the features provided are:
* Faster builds on Linux (~40-50% faster)
* The ability to build with MSVC on Windows
* Generate Visual Studio project files
* Generate XCode project files
* Much faster builds on Windows (on-par with Linux)
* Seriously fast configure and building on embedded
... and many more. For more details see:
http://blog.nirbheek.in/2016/05/gstreamer-and-meson-new-hope.htmlhttp://blog.nirbheek.in/2016/07/building-and-developing-gstreamer-using.html
Building with Meson should work on both Linux and Windows, but may
need a few more tweaks on other operating systems.
