chore: remove old versions of Python 3.8 (#2700) Python 3.8 has reached EOL and this PR removes old toolchains and most of the tests. Users can still use it if they register the toolchains themselves, but `rules_python` will no longer keep testing the toolchains. Removing the toolchains all-together will be done at a later stage which may require us to be more clever how we handle asks to include `3.8`. Maybe we can just fail if the user asks for a python version that does not exist, but I am concerned that `rules_python` depending on `protobuf` may pull in code that requests `3.8`. I'll look at this at some later time.
This repository is the home of the core Python rules -- py_library, py_binary, py_test, py_proto_library, and related symbols that provide the basis for Python support in Bazel. It also contains package installation rules for integrating with PyPI and other indices.
Documentation for rules_python is at https://rules-python.readthedocs.io and in the Bazel Build Encyclopedia.
Examples live in the examples directory.
The core rules are stable. Their implementation is subject to Bazel's backward compatibility policy. This repository aims to follow semantic versioning.
The Bazel community maintains this repository. Neither Google nor the Bazel team provides support for the code. However, this repository is part of the test suite used to vet new Bazel releases. See How to contribute page for information on our development workflow.
For detailed documentation, see https://rules-python.readthedocs.io
See Bzlmod support for more details.