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diff --git a/docs/markdown/snippets/naming_option.md b/docs/markdown/snippets/naming_option.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..a1c1cdaf1 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/markdown/snippets/naming_option.md @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +## Added new `namingscheme` option + +Traditionally Meson has named output targets so that they don't clash +with each other. This has meant, among other things, that on Windows +Meson uses a nonstandard `.a` suffix for static libraries because both +static libraries and import libraries have the suffix `.lib`. + +There is now an option `namingscheme` that can be set to +`platform`. This new platform native naming scheme that replicates +what Rust does. That is, shared libraries on Windows get a suffix +`.dll`, static libraries get `.lib` and import libraries have the name +`.dll.lib`. + +We expect to change the default value of this option to `platform` in +a future major version. Until that happens we reserve the right to +alter how `platform` actually names its output files. |