Automate build flags about toolbox HOT 4 CLOSED

I think relying on the actual build flags to pass into the toolbox could be a little over coupled.

If we had something like this, we wouldn't need to worry about toolbox flags at all.

{
    "dependencies": {
        "all": {
            "flags": ["-c", "release"]
        },
        "macOS": {
            "brew": ["mysql"],
            "link": ["/usr/local/lib"],
            "include": ["/usr/local/include/mysql"],
            "flags": ["-Xswiftc", "-DNOJSON"]
        },
        "linux": {
            "apt": ["mysql-server", "libmysqlclient-dev"]
        }
    }
}

We could also have the toolbox automatically install the deps through brew or apt.

Also having at least "name" in there would be useful for creating a provider index later on.

{
    "name": "MySQL Provider",
    "dependencies": { ... }
}

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@tannernelson I thought about that, but there's 2 things that make me against specifying type of flag.

1. Less expandable. What if I want custom config flags, or any other thing that a project might want that doesn't fall into these categories. This limits their ability to do customizable fun stuff that doesn't fit into one of these boxes.
2. More work. While there's some slight character savings, I don't think it's worth it. We can have a simple array and pass it in direct w/o any extra effort/testing/support. This requires more testing, more updates, and more explanation to users over "insert flags here and be done with it".

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Okay here's what the MySQL Provider vapor.json will look like:

{
    "name": "MySQL Provider",
    "flags": {
        "run": {
            "all": [
                "--config:mysql.version=foo"
            ]
        },
        "build": {
            "macOS": [
                "-Xswiftc",
                "-I/usr/local/include/mysql",
                "-Xlinker",
                "-L/usr/local/lib"
            ],
            "linux": [
                "-Xswiftc",
                "-DNOJSON"
            ]
        },
        "test": {
            "macOS": [
                "-Xswiftc",
                "-I/usr/local/include/mysql",
                "-Xlinker",
                "-L/usr/local/lib"
            ],
            "linux": [
                "-Xswiftc",
                "-DNOJSON"
            ]
        }
    }
}

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I've just wanted to clear that up since this cost me a few hours.
For me macOS wasn't the right key, it is just mac then all the parameters work as described.
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