We currently support both autotools and meson, and each one has a mechanism for generating a distribution tarball which we can upload and sign. But using one won't let you build with the other build system (at least currently). autotools simply doesn't distribute meson bits, and meson will distribute anything checked into git, but not the autogen'ed content that users may well rely on.
Here is a patch for each build system, which teaches it how to distribute the other's files. Eli Schwartz (2): autotools: distribute meson files meson: generate the autotools distribution files Makefile.am | 9 ++++++++- autogen.sh | 6 +++++- doc/Makefile.am | 1 + lib/libalpm/Makefile.am | 2 ++ meson.build | 2 ++ scripts/Makefile.am | 2 ++ src/common/Makefile.am | 3 ++- src/pacman/Makefile.am | 2 ++ src/util/Makefile.am | 2 ++ test/pacman/Makefile.am | 1 + test/scripts/Makefile.am | 1 + test/util/Makefile.am | 1 + 12 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) -- 2.22.1
