missing file in 2.99.12 autotools tarball
Since the meson build says packagers should still use autotools, I tried that, but it doesn't build.
gmake[3]: *** No rule to make target '../../tools/generate-welcome-dialog-data.py', needed by 'welcome-dialog-data.h'. Stop.
This file is not in the 2.99.12-autotools tarball. It wasn't in 2.99.10 either, but 2.99.12 added the following to app/dialogs/Makefile.am:
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> $(srcdir)/welcome-dialog.c: welcome-dialog-data.h welcome-dialog-data.c
>
> welcome-dialog-data.h: $(top_srcdir)/desktop/org.gimp.GIMP.appdata.xml.in.in $(top_srcdir)/tools/generate-welcome-dialog-data.py
> $(top_srcdir)/tools/generate-welcome-dialog-data.py --header $(GIMP_VERSION) > $@
>
> welcome-dialog-data.c: $(top_srcdir)/desktop/org.gimp.GIMP.appdata.xml.in.in $(top_srcdir)/tools/generate-welcome-dialog-data.py
> $(top_srcdir)/tools/generate-welcome-dialog-data.py $(GIMP_VERSION) > $@
which makes it necessary to provide the file.