diff --git a/recipes/wip/libs/other/dspy/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/libs/other/dspy/recipe.toml
index 5b7fb7535..0f5ff99ad 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/libs/other/dspy/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/libs/other/dspy/recipe.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-#TODO missing script for Meson, lacking build instructions
+#TODO not compiled or tested
+# lacking build instructions
 [source]
 tar = "https://download.gnome.org/sources/dspy/1.2/dspy-1.2.1.tar.xz"
 [build]
-template = "custom"
+template = "meson"
diff --git a/recipes/wip/libs/other/inih/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/libs/other/inih/recipe.toml
index 014f082b8..5ac3bfdfb 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/libs/other/inih/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/libs/other/inih/recipe.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-#TODO missing script for Meson, see https://github.com/benhoyt/inih#meson-notes
+#TODO not compiled or tested
+# build instructions: https://github.com/benhoyt/inih#meson-notes
 [source]
 git = "https://github.com/benhoyt/inih"
 rev = "9cecf0643da0846e77f64d10a126d9f48b9e05e8"
 [build]
-template = "custom"
+template = "meson"
diff --git a/recipes/wip/libs/other/json-glib/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/libs/other/json-glib/recipe.toml
index 636769454..e0da7d376 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/libs/other/json-glib/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/libs/other/json-glib/recipe.toml
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-#TODO missing script for Meson, see https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/json-glib/#build-and-installation
+#TODO not compiled or tested
+# build instructions: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/json-glib/#build-and-installation
 [source]
 tar = "https://download.gnome.org/sources/json-glib/1.8/json-glib-1.8.0.tar.xz"
 [build]
-template = "custom"
+template = "meson"
 dependencies = [
     "glib",
 ]
diff --git a/recipes/wip/libs/other/jsonrpc-glib/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/libs/other/jsonrpc-glib/recipe.toml
index 65f6e6099..8ba494112 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/libs/other/jsonrpc-glib/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/libs/other/jsonrpc-glib/recipe.toml
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-#TODO missing script for Meson, see https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/jsonrpc-glib#building
+#TODO not compiled or tested
+# build instructions: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/jsonrpc-glib#building
 [source]
 tar = "https://download.gnome.org/sources/jsonrpc-glib/3.44/jsonrpc-glib-3.44.0.tar.xz"
 [build]
-template = "custom"
+template = "meson"
 dependencies = [
     "glib",
 ]
diff --git a/recipes/wip/libs/other/libadwaita/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/libs/other/libadwaita/recipe.toml
index dd5d581ee..b48885f6e 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/libs/other/libadwaita/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/libs/other/libadwaita/recipe.toml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-#TODO missing script for Meson, see https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libadwaita#building
+#TODO not compiled or tested
+# build instructions: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libadwaita#building
 [source]
 tar = "https://download.gnome.org/sources/libadwaita/1.4/libadwaita-1.4.0.tar.xz"
 [build]
-template = "custom"
+template = "meson"
diff --git a/recipes/wip/libs/other/libcamera/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/libs/other/libcamera/recipe.toml
index d5d786505..c52109d67 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/libs/other/libcamera/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/libs/other/libcamera/recipe.toml
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-#TODO missing script for Meson, see https://libcamera.org/getting-started.html
+#TODO not compiled or tested
+# build instructions: https://libcamera.org/getting-started.html
 [source]
 git = "https://git.libcamera.org/libcamera/libcamera"
 [build]
-template = "custom"
+template = "meson"
 dependencies = [
     "libyaml",
     "libevdev",
diff --git a/recipes/wip/libs/other/libdecor/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/libs/other/libdecor/recipe.toml
index d828692d1..9b11512fc 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/libs/other/libdecor/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/libs/other/libdecor/recipe.toml
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
-#TODO missing script for Meson, see https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/libdecor/libdecor#build-install
+#TODO not compiled or tested
+# build instructions: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/libdecor/libdecor#build-install
 #TODO port to orbital
 [source]
 tar = "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/libdecor/libdecor/uploads/ee5ef0f2c3a4743e8501a855d61cb397/libdecor-0.1.1.tar.xz"
 [build]
-template = "custom"
+template = "meson"
 dependencies = [
     "cairo",
     "pango",
diff --git a/recipes/wip/libs/other/libdex/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/libs/other/libdex/recipe.toml
index 365fcee48..416794ff3 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/libs/other/libdex/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/libs/other/libdex/recipe.toml
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-#TODO missing script for Meson, see https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libdex#building
+#TODO not compiled or tested
+# build instructions: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libdex#building
 [source]
 tar = "https://download.gnome.org/sources/libdex/0.4/libdex-0.4.1.tar.xz"
 [build]
-template = "custom"
+template = "meson"
 dependencies = [
     "glib",
 ]
diff --git a/recipes/wip/libs/other/libfuse2/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/libs/other/libfuse2/recipe.toml
index 4f20632d9..e17f98df9 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/libs/other/libfuse2/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/libs/other/libfuse2/recipe.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-#TODO missing script for Meson, see https://github.com/libfuse/libfuse#installation
-#TODO require the "fused" daemon (equivalent to the Linux kernel module but in user-space)
+#TODO not compiled or tested
+# build instructions: https://github.com/libfuse/libfuse#installation
+#TODO require a redox daemon (userspace equivalent of the Linux kernel module)
 [source]
 tar = "https://github.com/libfuse/libfuse/releases/download/fuse-2.9.9/fuse-2.9.9.tar.gz"
 [build]
-template = "custom"
+template = "meson"
diff --git a/recipes/wip/libs/other/libfuse3/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/libs/other/libfuse3/recipe.toml
index 170c3bd73..8cd145ee5 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/libs/other/libfuse3/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/libs/other/libfuse3/recipe.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-#TODO missing script for Meson, see https://github.com/libfuse/libfuse#installation
-#TODO require the "fused" daemon (equivalent to the Linux kernel module but in user-space)
+#TODO not compiled or tested
+# build instructions: https://github.com/libfuse/libfuse#installation
+#TODO require a redox daemon (userspace equivalent of the Linux kernel module)
 [source]
 tar = "https://github.com/libfuse/libfuse/releases/download/fuse-3.16.2/fuse-3.16.2.tar.gz"
 [build]
-template = "custom"
+template = "meson"
diff --git a/recipes/wip/libs/other/libinput/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/libs/other/libinput/recipe.toml
index 40bb422c4..a042016bb 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/libs/other/libinput/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/libs/other/libinput/recipe.toml
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
-#TODO missing script for Meson, see https://wayland.freedesktop.org/libinput/doc/latest/building.html#building
+#TODO not compiled or tested
+# build instructions: https://wayland.freedesktop.org/libinput/doc/latest/building.html#building
 [source]
 git = "https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/libinput/libinput"
 rev = "1680f2fbaa63a91739012c6b57988ab1918ea0b7"
 [build]
-template = "custom"
+template = "meson"
 dependencies = [
     "eudev",
     "libevdev",
diff --git a/recipes/wip/libs/other/libnotify/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/libs/other/libnotify/recipe.toml
index 456d3cd38..9e66bfe37 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/libs/other/libnotify/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/libs/other/libnotify/recipe.toml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-#TODO missing script for Meson
+#TODO not compiled or tested
 [source]
 tar = "https://download.gnome.org/sources/libnotify/0.8/libnotify-0.8.3.tar.xz"
 [build]
-template = "custom"
+template = "meson"
 dependencies = [
     "gtk3",
     "gdk-pixbuf",