Bazel Q1 2024 Community Update

<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/WebPage"> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"> <title>Bazel Q1 2024 Community Update - Bazel</title> <link rel="canonical" href="/2024/04/01/bazel-q1-2024-community-update.html"> <link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="Bazel Blog" href="/feed.xml">  <link href="//fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Source+Code+Pro:400,500,700|Open+Sans:400,600,700,800" rel="stylesheet"> <link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="/images/favicon-32x32.png" sizes="32x32"> <link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="/images/favicon-16x16.png" sizes="16x16">  <link href="/assets/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet"> <link href="/assets/css/font-awesome.min.css" rel="stylesheet">     <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/css/main.css">  <meta name="og:title" content="Bazel Q1 2024 Community Update"> <meta name="og:image" content="https://bazel.build/images/bazel-og-image.png">  <meta name="twitter:card" value="summary" /> </head> <body> <nav id="common-nav" class="navbar navbar-inverse navbar-fixed-top"> <div class="container">  <div class="navbar-header"> <button type="button" class="navbar-toggle collapsed" data-toggle="collapse" data-target="#bs-example-navbar-collapse-1"> <span class="sr-only">Toggle navigation</span> <span class="icon-bar"></span> <span class="icon-bar"></span> <span class="icon-bar"></span> </button> <a class="navbar-brand" href="https://bazel.build/"> <img class="navbar-logo" src="/images/bazel-navbar.svg"> </a> </div>  <div class="collapse navbar-collapse" id="bs-example-navbar-collapse-1"> <ul class="nav navbar-nav navbar-right"> <li> <a href="https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel"> <span class="hidden-sm">GitHub</span> <span class="nav-icon visible-sm"><i class="fa fa-github"></i></span> </a> </li> </ul> <form class="navbar-form navbar-right" action="/search.html" id="cse-search-box"> <div class="form-group"> <input type="hidden" name="cx" value="012346921571893344015:xv_nfgpzbu4"> <input type="hidden" name="cof" value="FORID:10"> <input type="hidden" name="ie" value="UTF-8"> <input type="search" name="q" class="form-control input-sm" placeholder="Search"> </div> </form> <ul class="nav navbar-nav navbar-right"> <li> <a href="https://bazel.build/docs">Documentation</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://bazel.build/contributing.html">Contribute</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://blog.bazel.build"> <span class="hidden-sm">Blog</span> <span class="nav-icon visible-sm"><i class="fa fa-rss"></i></span> </a> </li> <li> <a href="https://twitter.com/bazelbuild"> <span class="visible-xs">Twitter</span> <span><i class="nav-icon fa fa-twitter hidden-xs"></i></span> </a> </li> <li> <a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/bazel"> <span class="visible-xs">StackOverflow</span> <span><i class="nav-icon fa fa-stack-overflow hidden-xs"></i></span> </a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> <div class="page-title-bar"> <div class="container"> <h1>Bazel Blog</h1> </div> </div> <div class="container vpad"> <div class="row"> <div class="col-lg-9"> <div class="blog-post"> <h1 class="blog-post-title">Bazel Q1 2024 Community Update</h1> <div class="blog-post-meta"> By <a href="https://github.com/keertk">Keerthana Kumar</a> on <span class="text-muted">01 April 2024</span> </div> <div class="blog-post-content"> <h2>Announcements</h2> <h3>Developer satisfaction survey</h3> <p>Your feedback matters!</p> <p>Please take our 5-minute <a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdm_kkgnSmB8YkBVNQsjfDtEHflvjwlpzzLIY002tWqXB76YQ/viewform">developer satisfaction survey</a> to help us improve Bazel. No email collection – your input remains anonymous. Thank you in advance for your time!</p> <h3>Rolling releases</h3> <p>For better visibility of stable LTS releases, rolling releases have been removed from GitHub and are now listed on a <a href="https://bazel.build/release/rolling">separate page</a>. Bazelisk users can still access rolling releases with <code>USE_BAZEL_VERSION=rolling</code>.</p> <h3>LTS release candidates</h3> <p>Starting this quarter, we’re publishing release candidates to <a href="https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/releases">GitHub</a> along with final LTS releases.</p> <p>For more information on our release model, cadence, and differences between rolling and LTS releases, please refer to our <a href="https://bazel.build/release">documentation</a>.</p> <h3>Bazel 4 is deprecated</h3> <p>Support for Bazel 4 has ended. We'll no longer backport critical fixes for security or OS-compatibility. Please consider upgrading to the latest LTS release or using rolling releases.</p> <h2>Product updates</h2> <h3>Releases</h3> <p>Bazel <a href="https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/releases/tag/7.1.0">7.1.0</a> (along with patch releases <a href="https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/releases/tag/7.1.1">7.1.1</a>, <a href="https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/releases/tag/7.0.2">7.0.2</a>, and <a href="https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/releases/tag/7.0.1">7.0.1</a>) was released in Q1 ‘24. </p> <p>Bazel 7.2.0 is in progress and scheduled to be released in May. Follow the <a href="https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/issues/21774">release tracker issue</a> for updates.</p> <h3>Bazel plugin for IntelliJ</h3> <p>Take a look at our recent <a href="https://blog.bazel.build/2024/03/18/intellij-q2-2023-q1-2024-community-update.html">blog post</a> summarizing key changes to the Bazel plugin for IntelliJ from Q2 ‘23 - Q1 ‘24. We discuss the status of <code>master</code> vs <code>google</code> branches, significant product updates, and more.</p> <h3>Compact execution log</h3> <p>The Bazel 7.1.0 release introduced a new execution log format. This format, enabled by the <code>--experimental_execution_log_compact_file</code> flag, is similar in purpose to the preexisting <code>--execution_log_{binary,json}_file</code> formats, but is much cheaper to produce (2% wall time overhead or less) and takes significantly less disk space (a reduction of 100x or more in relation to the old formats). The <code>//src/tools/execlog:converter</code> tool can be used to convert between them.</p> <h2>Community corner</h2> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/9137311/">LinkedIn Bazel community</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.buildbuddy.io/blog/how-to-migrate-an-ios-app-to-bazel/">How to migrate an iOS app to Bazel</a></li> <li><a href="https://blog.engflow.com/2024/03/28/bazel-bites-a-tasty-metaphor-for-streamlined-builds/">Bazel Bites: A Tasty Metaphor for Streamlined Builds</a></li> </ul> <h2>Resources</h2> <ul> <li>GitHub repository: <a href="https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel">https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel</a></li> <li>Releases: <a href="https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/releases">https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel/releases</a></li> <li>Slack chat: <a href="https://slack.bazel.build">https://slack.bazel.build</a></li> <li>Google group: bazel-discuss@googlegroups.com</li> <li>Special Interest Groups (SIG):</li> </ul> <p>Reach out the email(s) listed below if you’d like to be added to the SIG calendar invites.</p> <table><thead> <tr> <th><strong>SIG</strong></th> <th><strong>Meeting frequency</strong></th> <th><strong>Point of contact</strong></th> </tr> </thead><tbody> <tr> <td><a href="https://github.com/bazelbuild/community/tree/main/sigs/rules-authors">Rules authors</a></td> <td>Every two weeks</td> <td>bazel-contrib@googlegroups.com</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Android app development</td> <td>Monthly</td> <td>ahumesky@google.com</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="https://github.com/bazelbuild/community/tree/main/sigs/bazel-intellij">Bazel plugin for IntelliJ</a></td> <td>Monthly</td> <td>messa@google.com</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Remote execution API working group</td> <td>Monthly</td> <td>chiwang@google.com</td> </tr> </tbody></table> <p>Interested in learning about SIGs or starting a new one? Find more information on our <a href="https://bazel.build/community/sig">website</a>.</p> <p>Want to get your SIG listed? Please add it to the <a href="https://github.com/bazelbuild/community/tree/main/sigs">Community repository</a>.</p> <h2>Ideas, feedback, and submissions are welcome!</h2> <p>Thank you for reading this edition! Let us know if you’d like to see any new information or changes in future community updates by reaching out to product@bazel.build. We look forward to hearing from you.</p> <p>Thanks,</p> <p>Google Bazel team</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="col-lg-3 hidden-sm hidden-xs"> <h2>Twitter</h2> <p>For more frequent updates, follow us on Twitter.</p> <p><a class="twitter-follow-button" href="https://twitter.com/bazelbuild" data-show-count="false" data-size="large">Follow @bazelbuild</a></p> <h2>Discuss</h2> <p>Join the discussion on our <a href="https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/bazel-discuss">mailing list</a>.</p> <h2>Subscribe</h2> <p>Subscribe to our blog via the <a rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" href="/feed.xml">RSS Feed</a>. <h2>Contribute</h2> <p>The source for this blog can be found on <a href="https://github.com/bazelbuild/bazel-blog">GitHub</a>.</p> <h2>Archive</h2> <p>Looking for a specific post? 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