[libcamera-devel] [PATCH 2/5] Documentation: application-developer: Clean up build instructions

Laurent Pinchart laurent.pinchart at ideasonboard.com
Wed Aug 25 21:27:29 CEST 2021


Hi Kieran,

Thank you for the patch.

On Wed, Aug 25, 2021 at 11:29:34AM +0100, Kieran Bingham wrote:
> The build and run instructions read as if meson is the only way to
> compile the application. Although this is recommended, it is not
> required - adapt the language to fit better.
> 
> While here, fix the naming of the simple_cam meson object to match
> the other usages of 'simple-cam'.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kieran Bingham <kieran.bingham at ideasonboard.com>

Reviewed-by: Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart at ideasonboard.com>

> ---
>  Documentation/guides/application-developer.rst | 6 +++---
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/guides/application-developer.rst b/Documentation/guides/application-developer.rst
> index b79241bd9317..442d8e6a512e 100644
> --- a/Documentation/guides/application-developer.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/guides/application-developer.rst
> @@ -563,8 +563,8 @@ uses, so needs to do the following:
>  Build and run instructions
>  --------------------------
>  
> -To build the application, use the `Meson build system`_ which is also the
> -official build system of the libcamera library.
> +To build the application, we recommend that you use the `Meson build system`_
> +which is also the official build system of the libcamera library.
>  
>  Make sure both ``meson`` and ``libcamera`` are installed in your system. Please
>  refer to your distribution documentation to install meson and install the most
> @@ -617,7 +617,7 @@ accordingly. In this example, the application file has been named
>  
>     project('simple-cam', 'cpp')
>  
> -   simpler_cam = executable('simple-cam',
> +   simple_cam = executable('simple-cam',
>         'simple-cam.cpp',
>         dependencies: dependency('libcamera', required : true))
>  

-- 
Regards,

Laurent Pinchart


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