Merge pull request #50 from bazelbuild:comius-patch-2
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# Upgrade a Bazel project to use custom java_tools version
To use a specific java_tools release in your Bazel project please add the `http_archive`
-definitions in your WORKSPACE file and set the options `--java_toolchain` and/or
-`--host_java_toolchain` accordingly. All java_tools releases can be found under
-https://github.com/bazelbuild/java_tools/releases.
+definitions in your WORKSPACE file.
-For example to use java_tools_javac11-v6.0 you can add the following to the WORKSPACE
-file:
+For Bazel versions above 4.0.0, use java_tools releases >= v11. No additional options are needed.
-```
-http_archive(
- name = "remote_java_tools_linux",
- sha256 = "37acb8380b1dd6c31fd27a19bf3da821c9b02ee93c6163fce36f070a806516b5",
- urls = [
- "https://mirror.bazel.build/bazel_java_tools/releases/javac11/v6.0/java_tools_javac11_linux-v6.0.zip",
- "https://github.com/bazelbuild/java_tools/releases/download/javac11-v6.0/java_tools_javac11_linux-v6.0.zip",
- ],
-)
-http_archive(
- name = "remote_java_tools_windows",
- sha256 = "384e138ca58842ea563fb7efbe0cb9c5c381bd4de1f6a31f0256823325f81ccc",
- urls = [
- "https://mirror.bazel.build/bazel_java_tools/releases/javac11/v6.0/java_tools_javac11_windows-v6.0.zip",
- "https://github.com/bazelbuild/java_tools/releases/download/javac11-v6.0/java_tools_javac11_windows-v6.0.zip",
- ],
-)
-http_archive(
- name = "remote_java_tools_darwin",
- sha256 = "5a9f320c33424262e505151dd5c6903e36678a0f0bbdaae67bcf07f41d8c7cf3",
- urls = [
- "https://mirror.bazel.build/bazel_java_tools/releases/javac11/v6.0/java_tools_javac11_darwin-v6.0.zip",
- "https://github.com/bazelbuild/java_tools/releases/download/javac11-v6.0/java_tools_javac11_darwin-v6.0.zip",
- ],
-)
-```
+For Bazel versions <= 4.0.0 use java_tools releases <= v10 and set the options `--java_toolchain` and/or
+`--host_java_toolchain` accordingly.
-and set the command line options according to the OS:
+All java_tools releases can be found under https://github.com/bazelbuild/java_tools/releases.
-```
- --java_toolchain=@remote_java_tools_linux//:toolchain \
- --host_java_toolchain=@remote_java_tools_linux//:toolchain
-```
# Releases
-The releases can be found under [java_tools/releases](https://github.com/bazelbuild/java_tools/releases)
-starting with java_tools javac11 v4.0.
+The releases can be found under [java_tools/releases](https://github.com/bazelbuild/java_tools/releases).
For previous releases see the issues marked with
-[the release label](https://github.com/bazelbuild/java_tools/issues/15).
+[the release label](https://github.com/bazelbuild/java_tools/issues?q=label%3Arelease/15).
If you're interested in the release process please see [docs/release.md](docs/release.md)
-
-# Release Schedule
-
-A new `java_tools` for the javac version used by bazel is released monthly.
-The first RC should be cut at least 7 days before the bazel release, around the
-25th day of the month.
-
-See [upcoming scheduled releases](https://github.com/bazelbuild/java_tools/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+label%3Arelease).
