Newer Meson versions require python >=3.5. But in Trusty default python3
version is 3.4.x.

Install python3.5 and makes it the default version for Meson using
update-alternatives method.

CC: Jan Vesely <jano.ves...@gmail.com>
CC: Andres Gomez <ago...@igalia.com>
CC: Emil Velikov <emil.l.veli...@gmail.com>
CC: Jon Turney <jon.tur...@dronecode.org.uk>
CC: Eric Engestrom <eric.engest...@intel.com>
CC: Dylan Baker <dy...@pnwbakers.com>
---

 This is an alternative to avoid changing the distribution flavour in
 https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/series/49349/

 .travis.yml | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 079f145a7e4..895030cc1bc 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ matrix:
             - xz-utils
             - libexpat1-dev
             - libelf-dev
+            - python3.5
             - python3-pip
     - env:
         - LABEL="meson loaders/classic DRI"
@@ -69,6 +70,7 @@ matrix:
             - libx11-xcb-dev
             - libxdamage-dev
             - libxfixes-dev
+            - python3.5
             - python3-pip
     - env:
         - LABEL="make loaders/classic DRI"
@@ -490,8 +492,10 @@ before_install:
 
 install:
   # Install a more modern meson from pip, since the version in the
-  # ubuntu repos is often quite old.
+  # ubuntu repos is often quite old. This requires python>=3.5, so
+  # let's make it default
   - if test "x$BUILD" = xmeson; then
+      sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/python3 python3 
/usr/bin/python3.5 10;
       pip3 install --user meson;
       pip3 install --user mako;
     fi
-- 
2.17.1

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