Premake 5.0-beta8

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Since 5.0-beta7:

• PR #2492 [fix] Use same interface and behavior (escaping) across toolsets for getdefines/getundefines (@Jarod42)
• PR #2493 Prep for migrating premake-ninja into core (@nickclark2016)
• PR #2498 Bump the github-actions group across 1 directory with 7 updates (@dependabot)
• PR #2501 Update Coding-Conventions.md (@PCForrest)
• PR #2502 Added macOS arch support to GCC and Clang for gmake and gmakelegacy (@LORgames)
• PR #2503 Bump actions/setup-node from 4 to 5 in the github-actions group (@dependabot)
• PR #2504 Added support for Visual Studio 2026 (@nickclark2016)
• PR #2505 Implements C++23 for Visual Studio non-makefile projects (@nickclark2016)
• PR #2506 Bump vmactions/netbsd-vm from 1.1.9 to 1.2.0 in the github-actions group (@dependabot)
• PR #2507 Fixed tools output of MSC in the gmake generator (@LORgames)
• PR #2508 Fixed include flags for MSC (@LORgames)
• PR #2509 Added ability for toolsets to specify tool output extensions (@LORgames)
• PR #2510 Fixed clean when using CMD as the shell (@LORgames)
• PR #2512 Enhance omitframepointer.md documentation (@PerikiyoXD)
• PR #2514 Bump vmactions/freebsd-vm from 1.2.3 to 1.2.4 in the github-actions group (@Jarod42)
• PR #2516 Fix Bootstrapping on Apple Silicon (@thomashope)
• PR #2517 Fix markdown formatting issues in docs (@thomashope)
• PR #2520 Add support for MIPS (64-bit, Little Endian) (@AOSC-Tracking)
• PR #2523 Add premake icon as resource for windows (@Jarod42)
• PR #2525 Bump actions/setup-node from 5 to 6 in the github-actions group (@dependabot)
• PR #2527 Bump the github-actions group with 2 updates (@dependabot)
• PR #2529 Handle disablewarnings for visual studio with clang (@Jarod42)
• PR #2530 Bump the github-actions group with 2 updates (@dependabot)
• PR #2531 Handle fatalwarnings for specific warnings (not 'All') for visual studio with clang (@Jarod42)
• PR #2533 Enable enablewarnings for visual studio (@Jarod42)
• PR #2535 Bump the github-actions group with 6 updates (@dependabot)
• PR #2541 Updated Bootstrap.bat and Bootstrap.mak to support VS2026 (@LORgames)
• PR #2542 Fixed visibility flag output for VS Android projects (@LORgames)
• PR #2544 Fixed curl type warnings (@LORgames)
• PR #2545 Bump vmactions/freebsd-vm from 1.2.6 to 1.2.7 in the github-actions group (@dependabot)
• PR #2547 Bump actions/checkout from 5 to 6 in the github-actions group (@dependabot)
• PR #2549 add "Fast" option to LinkTimeOptimization API which enables LTCG:incremental for vs2010, and behaves as "On" for other toolsets (@withmorten)
• PR #2550 Bump the github-actions group with 6 updates (@dependabot)
• PR #2554 Ninja exporter for premake core (@nickclark2016)
• PR #2556 Bump vmactions/freebsd-vm from 1.2.8 to 1.3.0 in the github-actions group (@dependabot)
• PR #2557 Fix bugs with custom commands and links (@nickclark2016)
• PR #2559 Remove Deprecated Flags (@nickclark2016)
• PR #2560 Fix PCH deps for Ninja incremental builds (@nickclark2016)
• PR #2561 Remove NoFramePointer from docs (@nickclark2016)
• PR #2562 [cleanup] replace local function endswith with string.endswith (@Jarod42)
• PR #2563 Deprecate Maps flag (@nickclark2016)
• PR #2564 Add dedicated multi-processor compilation API (@nickclark2016)
• PR #2565 Add dedicated enable 64 bit checks API (@nickclark2016)
• PR #2566 Bump the github-actions group with 3 updates (@dependabot)
• PR #2567 Deprecate NoBufferSecurityCheck Flag (@nickclark2016)
• PR #2568 Deprecate NoImplicitLink flag (@nickclark2016)
• PR #2570 Add GCC support to VS on Linux (@nickclark2016)
• PR #2571 Add support for externalincludedirs to VS Linux (@redorav)
• PR #2572 Link library dependencies respect exporter defaults (@nickclark2016)
• PR #2573 Remove sysincludedirs, debuggerflavor fields (@nickclark2016)
• PR #2575 Deprecate NoLocalCopy flag (@nickclark2016)
• PR #2576 Booststrap vs clang (@Jarod42)
• PR #2577 Bump the github-actions group with 5 updates (@dependabot)
• PR #2579 Allow for absolute runpath directories (@nickclark2016)
• PR #2581 Bump the github-actions group with 6 updates (@dependabot)
• PR #2582 Deprecate all flags but "ExcludeFromBuild" (@nickclark2016)
• PR #2583 Deprecate NoRuntimeChecks, add dedicated API (@nickclark2016)
• PR #2584 Deprecate ExcludeFromBuild flag (@nickclark2016)
• PR #2585 Explicit separation between excludefrombuild and buildaction None (@nickclark2016)
• PR #2586 Remove remaining usages of flags in Premake (@nickclark2016)
• PR #2588 Fix build on Hurd. (@Dariqq)
• PR #2590 Normalize documentation, remove dead APIs and doc files (@nickclark2016)
• PR #2591 Unify Architectures, Fix Aliases (@nickclark2016)
• PR #2592 Bump vmactions/freebsd-vm from 1.3.4 to 1.3.6 in the github-actions group (@dependabot)
• PR #2594 Utilize existing tool version functionality for toolchainversion (@nickclark2016)
• PR #2597 Ensure deterministic embed order. (@Dariqq)
• PR #2603 Bump the github-actions group with 4 updates (@dependabot)
• PR #2605 Remove non-core APIs, normalize FloatABI values (@nickclark2016)
• PR #2606 fix xcode 26 -Ofast deprecation warning (@artamonovoleg)