Keynote
summary
Bazel reports growing downloads and GCS storage while most users run Bazel 6 and a meaningful fraction still on Bazel 5; a Bazel 7 release candidate exists now. Telemetry collection and crash reporting are proposed for more accurate deprecation and bug prioritization, with community consent. Two concrete features: build without reduces local download work and claims ~40% faster builds (handles remote-cache eviction by rewinding), and Bazel mod adds lockfile and offline modes and is enabled by default in Bazel 7. Community contributions (rules, extensions) and rule decoupling target Q1 and 2024.
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chapters (12)
- 0:00Keynote introduction
- 1:51Proxy metrics feedback
- 3:39Bazel at Google and partners
- 6:13Community growth
- 7:15Core rule set plans
- 8:39Extensibility proposal
- 9:46Shared BazelCon ownership
- 10:30Transparency and roadmaps
- 11:57GitHub discussions
- 12:38Bazel 7 features
- 13:19Build without Bazel Mod
- 14:21Closing remarks