install our own meson

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ jobs:
         if: runner.os == 'Linux'
         run:
           sudo -E apt-get install --fix-missing -qq -o Acquire::Retries=3
-            meson ninja-build 
+            ninja-build 
             gtk-doc-tools gobject-introspection
             python3-pip python3-setuptools python3-wheel
             libfftw3-dev libexif-dev libjpeg-turbo8-dev
@@ -74,6 +74,11 @@ jobs:
             libopenslide-dev libffi-dev libopenjp2-7-dev
             libimagequant-dev libcgif-dev
 
+      - name: Install recent meson 
+        if: runner.os == 'Linux'
+        run:
+          sudo -E pip3 install meson
+
       - name: Install macOS dependencies
         if: runner.os == 'macOS'
         run: |

meson.build

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 project('vips', 'c', 'cpp',
     version: '8.13.0',
-    meson_version: '>=0.53',
+    meson_version: '>=0.56',
     default_options: [
         # this is what glib uses (one of our required deps), so we use it too
         'c_std=gnu99'