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The setup instructions for almost [1] every [2] major [3] rule set [4] only provide one (GitHub) url in the Starlark blob you're supposed to copy and paste, so

The setup instructions for almost [1] every [2] major [3] rule set [4] only provide one (GitHub) url in the Starlark blob you're supposed to copy and paste, so hard to blame users here. [1] https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_jvm_external/releases/tag/4.5 https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_jvm_external/releases/ta... [2] https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_python/releases/tag/0.17.3 https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_python/releases/tag/0.17... [3] https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_java/releases/tag/5.4.0 https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_java/releases/tag/5.4.0 [4] https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_scala https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_scala

jart 4y ago
I agree. The Bazel developers failed in their leadership.
- SuperSandro2000 4y ago
  From a distro maintainer perspective every project that is only buildable with bazel is an absolute nightmare.
  - jart 4y ago
    I created https://gist.github.com/jart/082b1078a065b79949508bbe1b7d8ef0 https://gist.github.com/jart/082b1078a065b79949508bbe1b7d8ef... to solve that, by turning bazel projects into makefiles. The problem is the bazel team has broken the apis that make it possible so many times since then because they reacted very negatively to the idea.