dependencies: simplify log_tried into a staticmethod

It doesn't really need class instantiation to just know what type it is,
and this way we can get the information early if a dependency fails to
init.

mesonbuild/dependencies/base.py

@@ -387,7 +387,8 @@ class ExternalDependency(Dependency, HasNativeKwarg):
     def log_info(self) -> str:
         return ''
 
-    def log_tried(self) -> str:
+    @staticmethod
+    def log_tried() -> str:
         return ''
 
     # Check if dependency version meets the requirements
@@ -602,7 +603,8 @@ class SystemDependency(ExternalDependency):
         super().__init__(DependencyTypeName('system'), env, kwargs, language=language)
         self.name = name
 
-    def log_tried(self) -> str:
+    @staticmethod
+    def log_tried() -> str:
         return 'system'
 
 
@@ -615,5 +617,6 @@ class BuiltinDependency(ExternalDependency):
         super().__init__(DependencyTypeName('builtin'), env, kwargs, language=language)
         self.name = name
 
-    def log_tried(self) -> str:
+    @staticmethod
+    def log_tried() -> str:
         return 'builtin'

mesonbuild/dependencies/cmake.py

@@ -617,8 +617,9 @@ class CMakeDependency(ExternalDependency):
         build_dir = self._setup_cmake_dir(cmake_file)
         return self.cmakebin.call(args, build_dir, env=env)
 
-    def log_tried(self) -> str:
-        return self.type_name
+    @staticmethod
+    def log_tried() -> str:
+        return 'cmake'
 
     def log_details(self) -> str:
         modules = [self._original_module_name(x) for x in self.found_modules]

mesonbuild/dependencies/configtool.py

@@ -149,8 +149,9 @@ class ConfigToolDependency(ExternalDependency):
         mlog.debug(f'Got config-tool variable {variable_name} : {variable}')
         return variable
 
-    def log_tried(self) -> str:
-        return self.type_name
+    @staticmethod
+    def log_tried() -> str:
+        return 'config-tool'
 
     def get_variable(self, *, cmake: T.Optional[str] = None, pkgconfig: T.Optional[str] = None,
                      configtool: T.Optional[str] = None, internal: T.Optional[str] = None,

mesonbuild/dependencies/framework.py

@@ -115,5 +115,6 @@ class ExtraFrameworkDependency(ExternalDependency):
     def log_info(self) -> str:
         return self.framework_path or ''
 
-    def log_tried(self) -> str:
+    @staticmethod
+    def log_tried() -> str:
         return 'framework'

mesonbuild/dependencies/misc.py

@@ -284,7 +284,8 @@ class Python3DependencySystem(SystemDependency):
         self.version = sysconfig.get_config_var('py_version')
         self.is_found = True
 
-    def log_tried(self) -> str:
+    @staticmethod
+    def log_tried() -> str:
         return 'sysconfig'
 
 class PcapDependencyConfigTool(ConfigToolDependency):

mesonbuild/dependencies/pkgconfig.py

@@ -479,8 +479,9 @@ class PkgConfigDependency(ExternalDependency):
         # a path rather than the raw dlname
         return os.path.basename(dlname)
 
-    def log_tried(self) -> str:
-        return self.type_name
+    @staticmethod
+    def log_tried() -> str:
+        return 'pkgconfig'
 
     def get_variable(self, *, cmake: T.Optional[str] = None, pkgconfig: T.Optional[str] = None,
                      configtool: T.Optional[str] = None, internal: T.Optional[str] = None,

mesonbuild/dependencies/platform.py

@@ -54,5 +54,6 @@ class AppleFrameworks(ExternalDependency):
     def log_info(self) -> str:
         return ', '.join(self.frameworks)
 
-    def log_tried(self) -> str:
+    @staticmethod
+    def log_tried() -> str:
         return 'framework'