Feature: meson toolchain

creating_packages/toolchains.rst

@@ -102,4 +102,5 @@ Built-in toolchains
 
    toolchains/cmake
    toolchains/make
+   toolchains/meson
    toolchains/msbuild

creating_packages/toolchains/meson.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+.. _conan-meson-toolchain:
+
+MesonToolchain
+==============
+
+.. warning::
+
+    This is an **experimental** feature subject to breaking changes in future releases.
+
+
+The ``MesonToolchain`` can be used in the ``generate()`` method:
+
+
+.. code:: python
+
+    from conans import ConanFile
+    from conan.tools.meson import MesonToolchain
+
+    class App(ConanFile):
+        settings = "os", "arch", "compiler", "build_type"
+        requires = "hello/0.1"
+        options = {"shared": [True, False]}
+        default_options = {"shared": False}
+
+        def generate(self):
+            tc = MesonToolchain(self)
+            tc.generate()
+
+
+The ``MesonToolchain`` will generate the following file during ``conan install``
+command (or before calling the ``build()`` method when the package is being
+built in the cache): ``conan_meson_native.ini``
+
+``conan_meson_native.ini`` will contain the definitions of all the Meson properties
+related to the Conan options and settings for the current package, platform,
+etc. This includes but is not limited to the following:
+
+
+Generators
+----------
+
+The ``MesonToolchain`` only works with the ``pkg_config`` generator.
+Please, do not use other generators, as they can have overlapping definitions that can conflict.
+
+
+Using the toolchain in developer flow
+-------------------------------------
+
+One of the advantages of using Conan toolchains is that they can help to achieve the exact same build
+with local development flows, than when the package is created in the cache.
+
+With the ``MesonToolchain`` it is possible to do:
+
+.. code:: bash
+
+    # Lets start in the folder containing the conanfile.py
+    $ mkdir build && cd build
+    # Install both debug and release deps and create the toolchain
+    $ conan install ..
+    # the build type Release is encoded in the toolchain already.
+    # This conan_meson_native.iniis specific for release
+    $ meson setup --native-file conan_meson_native.ini build .
+    $ meson compile -C build