Has there been any consideration for establishing a standardized format to describe C++ projects that could be universally recognized by different build systems? This wouldn’t involve creating a new build system, but rather defining a common file format that accurately describes project structure, dependencies, and build requirements in a standardized way.

The goal would be to improve interoperability and developer experience across different build systems and generators, also allowing projects to seamlessly transition between them without modifications to the project file itself.

Additionally such a change could improve tooling and IDEs, enhancing the developer experience even more!

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