- [cairo] switch to meson

[SSE4]

Specify library name and version: cairo/all

closes: #7732
to unblock: #7691

switch cairo builds to meson, as commented out in https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/cairo/cairo/-/issues/75:

I would say "Use Meson instead", yes, but I may be slightly biased in this respect :)
I think it's a much better and more maintainable approach though which doesn't require hardcoding specific configuration choices either.
I would go as far as wondering whether the Makefile.win32 should just be removed seeing that it was last touched in 2012.

Just a heads-up that upstream cairo is working towards dropping support for all non-Meson build systems.

pros:

• single build system (meson) instead of autotools + msbuild
• cairo-gobject and all other targets are properly supported
• less patches are needed
• use install instead of manually copying all the files

cons:

• right now, meson build helper doesn't support some cross-building use-cases

also added some previously missing options, requirements and components

This is also a good place to share with all of us why you are submitting this PR (specially if it is a new addition to ConanCenter): is it a dependency of other libraries you want to package? Are you the author of the library? Thanks!

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• I've read the guidelines for contributing.
• I've followed the PEP8 style guides for Python code in the recipes.
• I've used the latest Conan client version.
• I've tried at least one configuration locally with the
  conan-center hook activated.

[SSE4]

okay, it seems like only 1.17.4 contains meson.build, let's change the structure a bit

[uilianries]

Only small detail. Goo job.

[conan-center-bot]

All green in build 8 (626915a688dc0d304597766e8cacb57cc3993516):

• cairo/1.17.4@:
  All packages built successfully! (All logs)

[SpaceIm]

right now, meson build helper doesn't support some cross-building use-cases

Seems to be a big cons compared to pros. What is the advantage for consumers (not maintainers)?

[SSE4]

Seems to be a big cons compared to pros. What is the advantage for consumers (not maintainers)?

yes, it's pretty significant disadvantage for consumers.
OTOH, as cairo depends on glib, but glib suffers the same disadvantage already, maybe it's not so painful.

[prince-chrismc]

I have objections.

[sh0]

I also worked on porting cairo to use meson: https://github.com/sh0/conan-center-index/tree/cairo-meson-fix/recipes/cairo/meson

My conanfile has also support for OpenGL (desktop, gles2, gles3). IMHO without meson the MSVC build is a hot mess and it is probably not possible to get OpenGL working there. So it is a tradeoff between autotools/msbuild and meson.