Release 8.0.0-pre.20231030.2 (2023-11-14)
Baseline: 8cab6aa21fa765985a962e59264e12251e4d479f
Cherry picks:
+ d78bdd2f7143da31087c3ab88298b52defb90fdc:
Temporarily disable `BaselineOptionsFunction` + Starlark exec
transition.
Incompatible changes:
- Java runtime toolchains created via `local_java_repository` from
`@bazel_tools//tools/jdk:local_java_repository.bzl`, which
includes `local_jdk`, now have `target_compatible_with` set to
the auto-detected host constraints. This can result in errors
about toolchain resolution failures for
`@bazel_tools//tools/jdk:runtime_toolchain_type`, especially when
cross-compiling. These failures can be fixed in the following
ways (listed in decreasing order of preference):
* Replace `java_binary` targets that aren't meant to be run with
`bazel run` or as tools during the build with `java_single_jar`
(available in `@rules_java//java:java_single_jar.bzl`). Such
targets do not require a Java runtime for the target
configuration.
* Set `--java_runtime_version=remotejdk_N` for some Java version
`N` to let Bazel choose and download an appropriate remote JDK
for the current target platform. This setting defaults to
`local_jdk`, which means that Bazel can only use the local JDK,
which isn't compatible with any other platform.
* Manually define and register a `local_java_runtime` with no
value set for `exec_compatible_with` (defaults to `[]`) and
select it by setting `--java_runtime_version` to its `name`. This
fully restores the previous behavior, but can result in incorrect
results when cross-compiling (see #18265).
- transition is removed from objc_library
(https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/issues/19688)
New features:
- "bazel aquery" now returns the headers C++ compilation actions
can include if the --include_scheduling_dependencies command line
option is set.
Important changes:
- Enable Platforms and Toolchains for Android. Android projects
will need to stop passing the legacy flag `--fat_apk_cpu`, and
instead use `--android_platforms` using platforms defined with
the `@platforms//os:android` constraint. The
https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_android repository defines
four standard Android platforms for projects that use those
rules, `@rules_android//:armeabi-v7a`,
`@rules_android//:arm64-v8a`, `@rules_android//:x86`,
`@rules_android//:x86_64`.
This release contains contributions from many people at Google, as well as Benjamin Peterson, Fabian Meumertzheim, Fredrik Medley, Guillaume Maudoux, Ulf Adams, Wade Carpenter.
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