[pfultz2]

> Currently there is no buildsystem that enables users to describe the requirements of an project correctly.

We want to steer away from standardizing a build system for now. The uses cases are enormous to try to tackle. Instead, it would be simpler to standardized the description of the build environment so the package manager can pass that to the build system.

Hopefully, build systems will be updated to read the package metadata so it can properly consume the dependencies correctly.

> So yes - I'm convinced a metadata file as you suggested is the way to go.

Good to know we are on the right track.