INSTALL, NEWS: the macOS build is now officially using meson too.

See MR gimp-macos-build!97.
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17. Configure GIMP by running the `configure' script. You may want
to pass some options to it, see below.
Note that for Windows, we now recommend officially to build GIMP
with `meson` instead of `autotools` (`configure` script, make,
etc.). Therefore further build instructions below must be converted
as their meson command equivalents. On all other platforms, the
autotools are still recommended and more complete.
Note that for Windows and macOS, we now recommend officially to
build GIMP with `meson` instead of `autotools` (`configure` script,
make, etc.). Therefore further build instructions below must be
converted as their meson command equivalents. On all other
platforms, the autotools are still recommended and more complete.
18. Build GIMP by running `make'. The use of GNU make is recommended.
If you need to tweak the build to make it work with other flavours
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Note: if building from repository (not tarballs), you may notice a meson
build system is also available in the repository. It is not the main
build system and is not recommended for stable packages as it still has
several known issues, including build flag errors leading to crashes and
missing features.
We only invite contributors to use the meson build if they wish to help
build system and is not recommended for stable packages other than on
macOS and Windows, as it still has several known issues, including
missing or broken features.
Yet we invite contributors to use the meson build if they wish to help
with debugging.
The `configure' script examines your system, and adapts GIMP to run on

5
NEWS
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- Flatpak manifest upgraded with new version constraints so that the
flatpak-external-data-checker does not warn wrongly on major update
when we don't want to or can't update immediately.
- meson is now recommended for Windows builds and our official
installer is now built (still from CI) with meson.
- meson is now recommended for Windows and macOS builds and our
official installer and DMG respectively are now built (still from
CI) with meson.
- Flatpak manifest improved with version constraints for dependencies
where we should not update just yet (hence don't want new version
notifications).