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CONTRIBUTING: remove autotools instructions, add more information about meson

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This commit updates the CONTRIBUTING.md file to remove information
about Autotools and add some additional tips for using meson.

https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/NetworkManager/NetworkManager/-/merge_requests/1927
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@ -197,17 +197,11 @@ you can look at [this](contrib/fedora/REQUIRED_PACKAGES)
script and [here](contrib/debian/REQUIRED_PACKAGES)
is a script for Debian/Ubuntu.
Both meson and autotools are supported. You may choose whatever you prefer.
For autotools the common steps are
meson is the recommended way for building NetworkManager. You can configure
the build environment using the `meson setup` command:
```
./autogen.sh $CONFIGURE_OPTIONS
make -j 8
# optional: sudo make install
```
and for meson it's
```
meson build $CONFIGURE_OPTIONS
meson setup build/ $CONFIGURE_OPTIONS
ninja -C build
# optional: sudo meson install -C build
```
@ -216,6 +210,13 @@ Beware to set the correct `$CONFIGURE_OPTIONS`. In particular, you may
not want the default installation prefix and not overwrite files in
`/usr`.
To specify options when setting up the meson environment, the `-D` argument
is used, like: `meson setup build -Ddocs=true`.
To get a list of all possible configuration options, you can use `meson configure`.
For additional usage, refer to the meson manual.
### Fedora
For Fedora/RHEL/CentOS, you can build an RPM from upstream sources with